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The Pennsylvania Constitution of 1776 : A Study in Revolutionary Democracy / J. Paul Selsam.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2016]Copyright date: ©1936Edition: Reprint 2016Description: 1 online resource (282 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9781512806366
  • 9781512806373
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 974.8 342.7489
LOC classification:
  • JK3625.1776
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction -- I. The Proprietary Government -- II. The Proprietary Government and the Revolutionary Movement -- III. Political Conditions in 1776 and the Movement for a Constitutional Convention -- IV. The Provincial Conference and the Constitutional Convention -- V. The Constitution of 1776 -- VI. The Battle over the Constitution and the Organization of the New Government -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index
Summary: The rebellion of the unprotected frontiersmen and the unfranchised artisans, who constituted two-thirds of the population in Pennsylvania, against the Quaker property owners to achieve a voice in the government and establish a liberal constitution in 1996.
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction -- I. The Proprietary Government -- II. The Proprietary Government and the Revolutionary Movement -- III. Political Conditions in 1776 and the Movement for a Constitutional Convention -- IV. The Provincial Conference and the Constitutional Convention -- V. The Constitution of 1776 -- VI. The Battle over the Constitution and the Organization of the New Government -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index

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The rebellion of the unprotected frontiersmen and the unfranchised artisans, who constituted two-thirds of the population in Pennsylvania, against the Quaker property owners to achieve a voice in the government and establish a liberal constitution in 1996.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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