The Pennsylvania Constitution of 1776 : : A Study in Revolutionary Democracy / / J. Paul Selsam.
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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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Penn eBook Package Archive 1898-1999 (pre Pub) |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Philadelphia : : University of Pennsylvania Press, , [2016] ©1936 |
| Year of Publication: | 2016 |
| Edition: | Reprint 2016 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (282 p.) |
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Table of 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