Heading from Chattanooga to
The State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations. No, seriously, that's it's
official name.
The first armed act of rebellion in America against the British Crown was the boarding and burning of the Revenue Schooner Gaspee in Narragansett Bay on June 10, 1772. It was the
first of the 13 original colonies
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thirteen_colonies to declare independence from British rule, declaring itself independent on May 4, 1776, two months before any other state and the convention. The state was also the
last state to ratify the US Constitution.