Did you know Rhode Island was the first colony to renounce their alligience to King George and declare independence from England? It's hardly surprising when you consider the colony was founded by religious dissenters with radical notions of tolerance and a keen sense of independence. That's why Newport is home to so many diverse houses of faith, including the Great Friends Meeting House, built in 1699, and Turo Synogogue, built in 1763. But the Revolution was particularly ha