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Providence Plantations refers to the mainland portion of the state, which included Williams's Providence Plantation and Samuel Gortonâs Shawomet Purchase (1642), which was renamed Warwick Plantation. Rhode Island referred to Aquidneck Island, on which the settlements of Portsmouth (1638) and Newport (1639) were established.
In 1636.   Rhode Island was founded in 1638 on Aquidneck Island by Anne  Hutchinson with the help of Roger Williams who had founded  Providence Plantation in 1636.   â¦  Rhode Island was founded by Roger Williams, after being thrown out  of Massachusetts in 1635.He obtained a charter for the Providence  Colony of Rhode Island in 1641.hode Island was founded because of religious freedom, ideals, and  philosophy.    It was founded as an experiment in religious freedom and tolerance.    Roger â¦ Williams founded Rhode Island in 1636. He was around 33 when  he founded the colony.