One side in this event called for the rejection of the "Tory Constitution," and their opponents passed the so-called "Algerine Law" due to its harshness.
One side in this event called for the rejection of the "Tory Constitution," and their opponents passed the so-called "Algerine Law" due to its harshness. This event's leader was opposed by his father Sullivan, who owned the Bernon Mill Village. After suffering defeat, one of this event's factions retreated to Chepachet in an effort to reassemble the People's Convention. The Supreme Court case (*) Luther v. Borden took place in this event's aftermath, in which the instigators of this event claimed that the colonial charter of the state it occurred in violated the Guarantee Clause. Newly elected governor Samuel Ward King declared martial law before this rebellion. For 10 points, name this failed rebellion which sought to achieve universal male suffrage in Rhode Island.
One side in this event called for the rejection of the "Tory Constitution," and their opponents passed the so-called "Algerine Law" due to its harshness.
Dorr's Rebellion