Rhode Island: Polity Style: 1644-1687

14/24 Mar 1644	the residents of the towns of Providence, Portsmouth and Newport are granted a charter of incorporation under the name of the Incorporation of Providence Plantations, in the Narraganset Bay, in New England, issued by the Governor in Chief and the Commissioners of all islands and plantations within the bounds and upon the coasts of America on 14/24 Mar 1644 (Rhode Island Colonial Records, 1:143-146)
19/29 May 1647	the members of the General Court took the oath to observe the charter at the meeting held in Portsmouth on 19/29 May 1647 (Rhode Island Colonial Records, 1:147)
19/29 May 1647 - 24 Nov/4 Dec 1663	Colony of Providence Plantations, in the Narraganset Bay, in New England [1]
Aug/Sep 1651	the islands of Aquidneck ("Acquednecke alias Rhoad Iland") and Conanicut ("Quinunnugate") are placed under the administration of a Governor and Council in accordance with a commission issued on order of the Council of State on 3/13 Apr 1651, which was read and published in Aug/Sep 1651 in Rhode Island (Book Notes, vol. 24, No. 24, 30 Nov 1907, pp. 185-187; Rhode Island Colonial Records, 1:234)
31 Aug/10 Sep 1654	an agreement for the restoration of the government under the Charter of 1644 is signed by the commissioners of Providence, Portsmouth, Newport and Warwick on 31 Aug/10 Sep 1654 (Rhode Island Colonial Records, 1:276-278)
8/18 Jul 1663	the settlers of Rhode Island and the colony of Providence Plantations, William Brenton and others, are incorporated as a "bodie corporate and politique" by the name of the Governor and Company of the English Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, in New England, in America, and granted part of the royal dominions in New England, in accordance with letters patent (charter) issued by command of the King of England on on 8/18 Jul 1663 (Rhode Island Records, 2:1-21)
24 Nov/4 Dec 1663	the charter is read and published at the session of the General Court held on 24 Nov/4 Dec 1663 in Newport (Rhode Island Records, 1:508-511)
24 Nov/4 Dec 1663 - 12/22 Jan 1687	Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations [2]
12/22 Jan 1687	the colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations is annexed to the Territory and Dominion of New England upon the proclamation of the royal commission to Governor-in-Chief and the Council of New England, and the dissolution of colonial government in Newport (Callender's Historical Discourse, p. 48) [3][4]

This style is attested in official use.
In more formal use: (His Majesty's) English Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, in New England, in America.
Only a disputed area claimed by both Rhode Island and Connecticut—the Narragansett Country (King's Province)—was listed among the colonies and lands included in the Territory and Dominion of New England by the royal commissions to President of the Council of New England (Joseph Dudley) and the first Governor-in-Chief of New England (Sir Edmund Andros), dated 8/18 Oct 1685 and 3/13 Jun 1686 respectively. However, the "additional powers and instructions" (dated 13/23 Sep 1686) empowered Andros to demand the surrender of the Charter of Rhode Island and to take the whole colony under his government.
The annexation was never formalized as the governor tacitly refused to surrender the original copy of the charter to the Governor-in-Chief of New England.