The legislature of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations refuses to call a State ratification for the proposed Constitution for the united States.

       [restored 10/4/2021]

Subsequent Events:

7/2/1788                   5/13/1790

Authority:

Articles of Confederation, Article XIII
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References:

Calvin D. Linton, ed. The Bicentennial Almanac: 200 Years of America, 1776-1976, (Nashville, Tennessee: Thomas Nelson, 1975), 42.

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$36,167,124,467,492

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