All posts tagged "constitutional convention"
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7.8K1Politics and MilitaryJames Mitchell Varnum Wins the Right to a Jury Trial for Rhode Island
James Mitchell Varnum fought against English rule in the American Revolution as one of George Washington’s generals. Then shortly after the war...
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13.7KNew HampshireThe Catholic Test – When New Hampshire Outlawed Catholics
New Hampshire’s Constitution, adopted in 1784, was one of the strictest in the new United States in its restrictions on religious freedoms....
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9.9K2Politics and MilitaryHow Providence’s Federal Hill Got Its Name
In 1788, Providence, R.I.’s Federal Hill officially got its name. In June of 1788, New Hampshire became the ninth state to ratify...
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17.3KNew HampshireNew Hampshire’s Constitutional Convention Creates a New Nation
In February 1788, George Washington was staying close to home at Mount Vernon, anxiously awaiting news from New Hampshire. The state’s constitutional...
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4.2K1New HampshireMoses French Sets Monetary Policy in 1786 at the Point of a Gun
Today, banks have lobbyists and economists to convince the central banks to create money. In 1786, no such niceties existed and a...
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16.3K9Connecticut6 Revolutionary Taverns
The American Revolution probably wouldn’t have happened had it not been for the Revolutionary taverns where patriots and Loyalists gathered to talk...
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