S3E5 - The Dorr Rebellion

29/06/2025 26 min Temporada 3
S3E5 - The Dorr Rebellion

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1841 - 1845 | Thomas Wilson Dorr leads a political upheaval aimed at modernizing the state's archaic and extremely undemocratic government.My Favorite Books on this Topic:Democracy in Decline: Rhode Island's Constitutional Crisis Development 1776 - 1841 by Patrick T. ConleyThe People's Martyr: Thomas Wilson Dorr and His 1842 Rhode Island Rebellion by Eric J. Chaput*Map image from Rhode Island Boundaries by John H Cady.To learn more about this episode go to The Story of Rhode Island website