1843/01/23

       Whig/“Law and Order” (nationalist) Governor Samuel Ward King, of the Independent State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, proclaims the ratification of the hybrid People’s/Freeman’s Constitution, greatly relaxing suffrage standards to any male who could pay a one Dollar poll tax.

       [restored 9/12/2026]

Subsequent Events:

8/5/1864                12/7/1868

Authority:

unanimous Declaration (of Independence), Paragraph 6
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References:

Dorr Rebellion – Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorr_Rebellion

Current U.s. National Debt:

$40,439,546,016,039

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