Question: What is the capital of Rhode Island

Context articles: Rhode Island Senate
Providence, Rhode Island
Stephen Northup
Rhode Island State Guard
Rhode Island Philharmonic Orchestra
Massachusetts Route 146
Rhode Island Commodore
Rhode Island Department of Public Safety
Kathleen S. Connell
Rhode Island wine

The Rhode Island Senate is the upper house of the Rhode Island General Assembly, the state legislature of the US state of Rhode Island.
 It is composed of 38 Senators, each of whom is elected to a two-year term.
 Rhode Island is one of the 14 states where its upper house serves at a two-year cycle, rather than the normal four-year term as in the majority of states.
 There is no limit to the number of terms that a Senator may serve.
 The Rhode Island Senate meets at the Rhode Island State Capitol in Providence.
Providence is the capital of and most populous city in the U.S. state of Rhode Island, founded in 1636 and one of the oldest cities in the United States.
 It was founded by Roger Williams, a religious exile from the Massachusetts Bay Colony.
 He named the area in honor of "God's merciful Providence" which he believed was responsible for revealing such a haven for him and his followers to settle.
 The city is situated at the mouth of the Providence River at the head of Narragansett Bay.
Stephen Northup (roughly 1630 – after 1687) was an early settler of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, and built what may be the oldest house still standing in Rhode Island.
 Northup was a fairly early settler of Providence in the Rhode Island colony, but accounts claiming that he settled the area with Roger Williams are inaccurate, since Northup was an infant or child when Williams first came to Providence in the spring of 1636.
 Northup lived in Providence from 1655 to 1666, after which he moved to the Narragansett country (what is now North Kingstown, Rhode Island), which land was claimed by both the Rhode Island and Connecticut colonies.
 He may have owned or operated a grist mill, and is credited with building a house that still stands and is used as a private residence.
 Northup was married, had six known children, and lived until at least 1687, when he was taxed.
 He was the great grandfather of Capt. Henry Northup who left Rhode Island to settle in Hoosick, New York, and took his slave Mintus who was manumitted in 1797.
 Mintus assumed the surname Northup, and had a free-born son, Solomon Northup, the subject of the Academy Award winning film 12 Years a Slave.
The Rhode Island State Guard is the currently inactive state defense force of Rhode Island.
 As a state defense force, the Rhode Island State Guard served as a state military unit which assumed the stateside duties of the Rhode Island National Guard when the National Guard was in federal service.
 However, unlike the National Guard, the State Guard, when organized, answers solely to the Governor of Rhode Island and by law cannot be federalized or deployed outside the borders of Rhode Island.
The Rhode Island Philharmonic Orchestra (RIPO) is a professional orchestra in Rhode Island.
 Founded in 1945 and based in East Providence, Rhode Island, its performing home is Veterans Memorial Auditorium in Providence.
 Along with the annual Rhode Island Chamber Music Concerts and the Providence Singers, the Rhode Island Philharmonic Orchestra is one of the best examples of classical music companies in Rhode Island.
 RIPO is the country's largest combined professional orchestra and music school.
Route 146 is a high-speed road, mostly freeway, linking Rhode Island Route 146 (the North Smithfield Expressway towards Providence, Rhode Island) to I-290 in Worcester, Massachusetts.
 South of the interchange with Route 122A, Route 146 is known as the Worcester-Providence Turnpike.
Rhode Island Commodore, "formally" Commodore of the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, is Rhode Island's highest honor, and an honorary title bestowed upon individuals by approval of the Governor of Rhode Island.
 It is not a military rank, requires no duties, and carries with it no pay or other compensation.
 However, the Rhode Island Commodores are organized as a non-profit, non-partisan organization with the purpose "to assist and stimulate economic enterprise within Rhode Island by direct action through education, economic promotion, and hospitality."
The Rhode Island Department of Public Safety is one of the newest departments in Rhode Island's entire government.
 Composed of the Rhode Island State Police, the Division of the Rhode Island State Fire Marshal, the Rhode Island Municipal Police Training Academy, the E 9-1-1 Uniform Emergency Telephone System, the Rhode Island Capitol Police, the Rhode Island Division of Sheriffs, the Department of Public Safety Central Management Office, and the Public Safety Grants Administration Office.
 The department is responsible for the administration of all police and public safety affairs for the State.
Kathleen S. Connell (born 24 May 1937) is a Rhode Island politician.
 She was Secretary of State of Rhode Island between 1987 and 1993.
 She started her political career as a member of the Middletown, Rhode Island school committee, where she served for 13 years, and the Middletown town council.
 She served one term in the Rhode Island Senate before running for Secretary of State.
 During her State Office position, one of her most noteworthy achievements was saving historical records in the Rhode Island state capitol's basement.
 As of 2007, she is the Rhode Island Director of AARP.
 She is the widow of Gerald (Jerry) Connell.
Rhode Island wine refers to wine made from grapes grown in the U.S. state of Rhode Island.
 Viticulture in Rhode Island began in 1663 when King Charles II of England included wine production among the land uses approved in the royal charter establishing Rhode Island as an English colony.
 The modern wine industry of Rhode Island began in 1975 when Sakonnet Vineyards was established near Little Compton.
 Located near the Atlantic Ocean, Rhode Island has one of the most moderate climates of the U.S. northeast.