Grey 's force of 4,000 was originally intended as a relief force for the British garrison that was briefly besieged Besieging at Newport , Rhode Island , but they arrived Arriving after the Americans had retreated Escaping .

Overall , Felix caused Causation nine deaths Death due Causation to drowning Death along the coasts of Rhode Island , New Jersey , and North Carolina .

The Station nightclub fire occurred Coming_to_be on Thursday , February 20 , 2003 , in West Warwick , Rhode Island , United States , killing Killing 100 people including Great White guitarist Ty Longley and injuring Bodily_harm 230 .

The storm Catastrophe shut down Logan International Airport in Boston , Massachusetts and T. F. Green Airport in Rhode Island , while also impairing Bodily_harm travel throughout much of Massachusetts due Causation to the high amount of snow covering Hiding_objects the roads .

Indian raiding Attack parties attacked Attack homesteads and villages throughout Massachusetts , Rhode Island , Connecticut , and Maine over the next six months , and the Colonial militia retaliated Revenge .

They attacked Attack and burned Attack Indian villages throughout Rhode Island territory , culminating Self_motion with the attack Attack on the Narragansetts ' main fort in the Great Swamp Fight .

They pushed Motion back the colonial frontier in Massachusetts Bay , Plymouth , and Rhode Island colonies , burning Bodily_harm towns as they went Motion , including Providence in March 1676 .

In the space of little more than a year , 12 of the region 's towns were destroyed Destroying and many more were damaged Damaging , the economy of Plymouth and Rhode Island Colonies was all but ruined Destroying and their population was decimated Destroying , losing Earnings_and_losses one-tenth of all men available for military service .

The towns of Bristol and Warren , Rhode Island were significantly damaged Damaging , and Freetown , Massachusetts ( present-day Fall River ) was also attacked Attack , although its militia resisted Defending British attacks more successfully .

The British destroyed Destroying military defenses in the area , including supplies that had been cached by the Continental Army in anticipation of an assault on British-occupied Newport , Rhode Island .

On May 25 , 500 British and Hessian soldiers , under orders from General Sir Robert Pigot , the commander of the British garrison at Newport , Rhode Island , landed Arriving between Bristol and Warren , destroyed Destroying boats and other supplies , and plundered Robbery Bristol .

They also played Participation 3 sold-out nights at Madison Square Garden in their hometown of New York City , and multiple nights in several other cities , including San Antonio ; Landover , Maryland ; Chicago ; Detroit ; and Providence , Rhode Island .

( The colony which became Becoming Rhode Island passed Motion_directional a series of laws , the first in 1636 , which prohibited Preventing_or_letting religious persecution including against non-Trinitarians ; Rhode Island was also the first government to separate Forming_relationships church and state . )

( The colony which became Becoming Rhode Island passed Motion_directional a series of laws , the first in 1636 , which prohibited Preventing_or_letting religious persecution including against non-Trinitarians ; Rhode Island was also the first government to separate Forming_relationships church and state . )

Record-high tides and flooded Motion rivers heavily damaged Damaging Woonsocket , Rhode Island .

The nor'easter disrupted Hindering transportation , with snow emergencies declared Expressing_publicly in six states and travel bans enacted Action in four of these states – Connecticut , New Jersey , Massachusetts , and Rhode Island – as well as in New York City .

The Battle Hostile_encounter of Rhode Island ( also known as the Battle Hostile_encounter of Quaker Hill and the Battle Hostile_encounter of Newport ) took place Process_start on August 29 , 1778 .

Continental Army and militia forces under the command Control of General John Sullivan had been besieging Besieging the British forces in Newport , Rhode Island , which is situated Placing on Aquidneck Island , but they had finally abandoned GiveUp their siege and were withdrawing Escaping to the northern part of the island .

The battle Hostile_encounter was also notable for the participation Participation of the 1st Rhode Island Regiment under the command Control of Colonel Christopher Greene , which consisted Cause_to_be_included of Africans , American Indians , and white colonists .

It was the fifth annual King of the Ring event Competition and took place Hold on June 8 , 1997 , at the Providence Civic Center in Providence , Rhode Island .

Admiral Graves learned Education_teaching that de Grasse had sailed Self_motion from the West Indies for North America and that French Admiral de Barras had also sailed Self_motion from Newport , Rhode Island .

HMS `` Gaspee '' was a British customs schooner that had been enforcing Action the Navigation Acts in and around Newport , Rhode Island in 1772 .

It ran Motion aground in shallow water while chasing Self_motion the packet ship `` Hannah '' on June 9 near Gaspee Point in Warwick , Rhode Island .

British officials in Rhode Island wanted to increase Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale their control Control over trade—legitimate trade as well as smuggling—in order to increase their revenue from the small colony .

But Rhode Islanders increasingly protested Attack the Stamp Act , the Townshend Acts , and other British impositions that had clashed Hostile_encounter with the colony 's history of rum manufacturing , maritime trade , and slave trading .