7 mars 1638 - Portsmouth founded

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The settlement of Portsmouth was founded by a group of religious dissenters from Massachusetts, including Anne Hutchinson, William Coddington, and Dr. John Clarke. The settlers were originally planning on traveling to New Jersey, but were convinced by Roger Williams (founder of Providence Plantations) to live on modern-day Aquidneck Island instead. They purchased the land from the local Native Americans, who had named the area Pocasset. Since the colonists were exiled from Massachusetts due to their unorthodox religious beliefs, the settlement was based around religious tolerance. In 1639, the settlers renamed the land to Portsmouth after the town in Hampshire, England. It later became part of Rhode Island.

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