2 months before the Declaration of Independence, the Rhode Island Independence Act was signed in this city
[DOC] [TLE] History of Rhode Island - Wikipedia [PAR] Rhode Island was the first British colony in America to formally declare its 
independence, doing so on May 4, 1776, a full two months before the national... [DOC] [TLE] The Declaration of Independence - 1776 - Barefoot's World [PAR] But they signed the Declaration of Independence knowing full well that the 
penalty ... of this declaration, with the firm reliance on the protection of the Divine 
Providence, ... in the enforcement of the Townshend Acts.