--- title: Season 2 description: Season 2 of the Story of Rhode Island will explore the factors that led Rhode Island to play a pivotal role in the American Revolution and how the ensuing war affected life around Narragansett Bay. --- **Season 2 | Revolution!** Season 2 of the Story of Rhode Island will explore the factors that led Rhode Island to play a pivotal role in the American Revolution and how the ensuing war affected life around Narragansett Bay. 10 episodes| 1685 - 1790 📜EP 1 | The Dominion of New England 📜EP 2 | Coming of Age 📜EP 3 | Road to War 📜EP 4 | Independence 📜EP 5 | The Price of Freedom 📜EP 6 | The French & American Alliance in Newport 📜EP 7 | The Battle of Rhode Island 📜EP 8 | Nathanael Greene Saves the Revolution 📜EP 9 | Outcasts Once Again 📜BONUS | Rhode Island Pirates 📜BONUS | Slavery in Rhode Island P1 📜BONUS | Slavery in Rhode Island P2 ![The Story of Rhode Island Season 2 (1)-1](https://www.storyofrhodeisland.com/hs-fs/hubfs/The%20Story%20of%20Rhode%20Island%20Season%202%20(1)-1.png?width=1080&height=1080&name=The%20Story%20of%20Rhode%20Island%20Season%202%20(1)-1.png "The Story of Rhode Island Season 2 (1)-1") **Episodes** **Episode 1 | The Dominion of New England** ![NE_Dominion](https://www.storyofrhodeisland.com/hs-fs/hubfs/NE_Dominion.png?width=1024&height=728&name=NE_Dominion.png "NE_Dominion") The English monarchy strips Rhode Island of their charter, removes their colony status, and makes them a mere province in the Dominion of New England. 22 minutes [ Listen Now ](https://storyofrhodeislandpodcast.transistor.fm/episodes/s2e1-the-dominion-of-new-england) [ Learn More ](https://www.storyofrhodeisland.com/episode-1-the-dominion-of-new-england?hsLang=en) **Episode 2 | Coming of Age** ![1-Oct-02-2023-06-54-33-6608-PM](https://www.storyofrhodeisland.com/hs-fs/hubfs/1-Oct-02-2023-06-54-33-6608-PM.png?width=1080&height=1080&name=1-Oct-02-2023-06-54-33-6608-PM.png "1-Oct-02-2023-06-54-33-6608-PM") Rhode Island's economy expands rapdily as Newport becomes a center of trade in the international market economy and a thriving community of plantation owners emerges in Southy County.  25 minutes [ Listen Now ](https://storyofrhodeislandpodcast.transistor.fm/episodes/s2e2-coming-of-age) [ Learn More ](https://www.storyofrhodeisland.com/episode-2-coming-of-age?hsLang=en) **Episode 3 | Road to War** ![RightsColoniesExamined.cropped](https://www.storyofrhodeisland.com/hs-fs/hubfs/RightsColoniesExamined.cropped.jpg?width=366&height=586&name=RightsColoniesExamined.cropped.jpg "RightsColoniesExamined.cropped") The Rhode Island colonists begin launching a series of protests towards the British Empire as they watch their inalienable rights as Englishmen come under attack.  25 minutes [ Listen Now ](https://storyofrhodeislandpodcast.transistor.fm/) [ Learn More ](https://www.storyofrhodeisland.com/episode-3-road-to-war?hsLang=en) **Episode 4 | Independence** ![United_States_Declaration_of_Independence](https://www.storyofrhodeisland.com/hs-fs/hubfs/United_States_Declaration_of_Independence.jpg?width=757&height=898&name=United_States_Declaration_of_Independence.jpg "United_States_Declaration_of_Independence") After being at war with the British empire for about a year, the people of Rhode Island decide that any hope of reuniting with their mother country is useless and the only viable solution left is to declare independence.  26 minutes [ Listen Now ](https://storyofrhodeislandpodcast.transistor.fm/) [ Learn More ](https://www.storyofrhodeisland.com/episode-4-independence?hsLang=en) **Episode 5 | The Price of Freedom** ![IMG_3144](https://www.storyofrhodeisland.com/hs-fs/hubfs/IMG_3144.jpg?width=1500&height=2000&name=IMG_3144.jpg "IMG_3144") As the British military begins to occupy the city of Newport the Rhode Islanders decide to launch a daring mission onto Aquidneck Island that ends being of great strategic important to the Revolutionary War. 25 minutes [ Listen Now ](https://storyofrhodeislandpodcast.transistor.fm/episodes) [ Learn More ](https://www.storyofrhodeisland.com/episode-5-the-price-of-freedom?hsLang=en) **Episode 6 | The French & American Alliance in Newport** ![Ensign_of_France.svg](https://www.storyofrhodeisland.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Ensign_of_France.svg.png?width=1280&height=853&name=Ensign_of_France.svg.png "Ensign_of_France.svg") The French Navy makes their way into Narragansett Bay as they prepare to launch the first major French-American joint mission of the Revolutionary War 25 minutes  [ Listen Now ](https://storyofrhodeislandpodcast.transistor.fm/) [ Learn More ](https://www.storyofrhodeisland.com/episode-6-the-french-american-alliance-in-rhode-island?hsLang=en) **Episode 7 | The Battle of Rhode Island** ![IMG_3131](https://www.storyofrhodeisland.com/hs-fs/hubfs/IMG_3131.jpg?width=1500&height=2000&name=IMG_3131.jpg "IMG_3131") The Continental Army attempts to hold their ground on the northern end of Aquidneck Island during The Battle of Rhode Island. 25 minutes  [ Listen Now ](https://www.storyofrhodeisland.com/episode-7-the-battle-of-rhode-island?hsLang=en) [ Learn More ](https://www.storyofrhodeisland.com/episode-7-the-battle-of-rhode-island?hsLang=en) **Episode 8 | Nathanael Greene Saves the Revolution** ![2-Oct-11-2023-08-39-09-3002-PM](https://www.storyofrhodeisland.com/hs-fs/hubfs/2-Oct-11-2023-08-39-09-3002-PM.png?width=1080&height=1080&name=2-Oct-11-2023-08-39-09-3002-PM.png "2-Oct-11-2023-08-39-09-3002-PM") Just as it begins to look like the American's southern army will be defeated, likely ending the end of the revolution, General Nathanael Greene steps in to save the day. 25 minutes  [ Listen Now! ](https://storyofrhodeislandpodcast.transistor.fm/) [ Learn More ](https://www.storyofrhodeisland.com/episode-8-nathanael-greene-saves-the-revolution?hsLang=en) **Episode 9 | Outcasts Once Again** ![Map Light](https://www.storyofrhodeisland.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Map%20Light.jpg?width=442&height=464&name=Map%20Light.jpg "Map Light") With the rest of the states having ratified the Constitution, Rhode Island remains reluctant to join their newly created nation.  25 minutes [ Listen Now ](https://storyofrhodeislandpodcast.transistor.fm/) [ Learn More ](https://www.storyofrhodeisland.com/episode-8-nathanael-greene-saves-the-revolution-0?hsLang=en) **Bonus Episodes** **Slavery in Rhode Island Part 1** ![IMG_5095](https://www.storyofrhodeisland.com/hs-fs/hubfs/IMG_5095.jpeg?width=1914&height=2000&name=IMG_5095.jpeg "IMG_5095") From almost the moment Rhode Island was founded, indigenous war captives worked for the colony's earliest settlers without pay. Then, in the 18th century, Rhode Island's relationship with slavery deepened when it began playing a dominant role in the American slave trade. . 29 minutes [ Listen Now ](https://storyofrhodeislandpodcast.transistor.fm/episodes/bonus-slavery-in-rhode-island-part-1) [ Learn More ](https://www.storyofrhodeisland.com/bonus-slavery-in-rhode-island-p1?hsLang=en) **Slavery in Rhode Island Part 2** ![DeWolf Warehouse & Wharf-1](https://www.storyofrhodeisland.com/hs-fs/hubfs/DeWolf%20Warehouse%20%26%20Wharf-1.png?width=1080&height=893&name=DeWolf%20Warehouse%20%26%20Wharf-1.png "DeWolf Warehouse & Wharf-1") After continuing to participate in the slave trade decades after it was made illegal, Rhode Island's industrialist would support the institution well into the 19th century via the production of "negro goods" that were sold to southern plantation owners. 25 minutes [ Listen Now ](https://storyofrhodeislandpodcast.transistor.fm/episodes/bonus-slavery-in-rhode-island-part-2) [ Learn More ](https://www.storyofrhodeisland.com/bonus-slavery-in-rhode-island-p2?hsLang=en) **Rhode Island Pirates** ![tew](https://www.storyofrhodeisland.com/hs-fs/hubfs/tew.jpg?width=800&height=1234&name=tew.jpg "tew") Throughout the late 17th century and into the early 18th century, Rhode Island was home to some of the American colonies most notorious pirates. 27 minutes [ Listen Now ](https://storyofrhodeislandpodcast.transistor.fm/episodes) [ Learn More ](https://www.storyofrhodeisland.com/bonus-rhode-island-pirates?hsLang=en)