Connecticut – History Moments

March 11, 2019 4 Comments

The Hartford Convention Proposes Amendments to the Constitutuion

Today's installment concludes The Hartford Convention,the name of our combined selection from Simeon E. Baldwin and John S. Barry. The concluding

The adoption of the report of the committee of the Legislature, and the calling of the convention, which assembled shortly after in Hartford,

The not unnatural implication from such expressions was that absolute necessity . . . might justify secession, even during the pending

The War of 1812 increased the general sense of injustice and wrong, but legislative protests were still kept within bounds.Continuing The Hartford

The proposition does not seem to have been communicated even to a majority of the Federalists in Congress.Continuing The Hartford Convention,with

This series has six easy 5 minute installments. This first installment: Peace Movement Against the War of 1812.IntroductionAlthough this

Today's installment concludes The First Written Free Constitution In The World,the name of our combined selection from Gideon H. Hollister and John

Proud as it is, its very splendor shows the marks of a barbarous age.Continuing The First Written Free Constitution In The World,with a selection

This series has three easy 5 minute installments. This first installment: Historians Can Directly See Foundation of a Government for First