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American GovernmentState and Local Government

What year did Rhode Island become a state?

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1790

Why this is the correct answer

Rhode Island became a state in 1790, ratifying the Constitution on May 29th of that year as the last of the original thirteen states to do so. Its lengthy resistance to ratification stemmed from strong suspicions of centralized power, a tradition rooted in its founding as a haven for religious and political dissenters.

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