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What is Rhode Island Independence Day?
Tradition says itâs the day that Rhode Island turned its back on King George III, but some Rhode Islanders say itâs just not a thing.
By Alexa Gagosz Globe Staff,Updated May 4, 2021, 1:26 p.m.
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Rhode Island s Act of Renunciation, with sections redacted in the 1700s.Office of the Secretary of State of Rhode Island
PROVIDENCE â The story goes that on May 4, 1776, Rhode Island, which already had a bit of a reputation, thanks to its radical religious dissent from the Puritans up north in Massachusetts Bay Colony, became the first Colony in North America to renounce its allegiance to King George III.