Government
Rhode Island's government is constructed by the image of the US's government and play by the same rules. They both have the three branches and they function the same way, Rhode Island has the Legislative, Executive, and Judicial just like the US. Even though it doesn't have a governor house.
The three branches are well known around the US and most people new in the US don't have much knowledge about it so, the Legislative has the House of Representatives and Senate, the Executive has the Governor, Lieutenant, Treasurer and Attorney General.
Date of Statehood
Before Rhode Island became a state, it was a colony founded in 1636 by Roger Williams and after it became a state it was May 29, 1790.
The Governor of Rhode Island
Gina Raimondo
The State House
The Legislative Branch
This branch is composed of the House of Representatives and Senate. The House of Representatives has 75 while the Senate has 38, this branch is responsible of making the laws
The Judicial Branch
This branch contains the Supreme Court, the people serving as justices are Paul Suttel, Maureen McKenna Goldberg, Francis Flaherty, William P.Robinson III, and Gilbert V. Indeglia and the Supreme Court are the ones who approve the laws.
The Executive Branch
This branch contains the Governor Gina Raimondo, Lieutenant Daniel McKee, Treasurer Seth Magaziner, and Attorney General Peter Kilmartin and this branch signs laws.