An early dra7t of this document was rejected thanks to the arguments of Theophilus Parsons, whose description of the need for "vigour, secrecy, and dispatch" was paraphrased in Federalist 70.
Samuel Eliot Morison's history of this document argued that Article III, which provided tax support for "Protestant teachers of piety," slipped through without a valid two-thirds vote. An early dra7t of this document was rejected thanks to the arguments of Theophilus Parsons, whose description of the need for "vigour, secrecy, and dispatch" was paraphrased in Federalist 70. This document required governors to hold one thousand pounds of property, in accordance with its author's earlier Thoughts on Government. The slaves Elizabeth Freeman and Quock Walker won suits for freedom on the basis of this document's "Declaration of Rights," which began, "All men are born free and equal." This document was the earliest to implement Montesquieu's separation of powers between an executive, an independent judiciary, and a bicameral legislature. It adopted many of its provisions from a political lobby that John Hancock nicknamed the "Essex Junto." For 10 points, name this oldest continuously valid constitution in history, adopted in 1780 a7ter being authored by James Bowdoin, Samuel Adams, and John Adams.
Samuel Eliot Morison's history of this document argued that Article III, which provided tax support for "Protestant teachers of piety," slipped through without a valid two-thirds vote.
the State Constitution of Massachusetts