Rhode Island and the Union, 1774-1795

American Revolution Antifederalist April Arnold Arthur Fenner Articles of Confederation Assembly August Bartlett Benjamin Huntington Boston Burnett colony commercial congressional Connecticut Constitution of 1787 Continental Congress country leaders country party creditors David Howell debt delegates depreciated economic elected Ellery Letters emission favor February federal system Federalist Fenner freemen Governor Greene History House of Deputies Howell's ibid Impost amendment independence Island Records issue Jabez Bowen James Mitchell Varnum January Journal June laws legislative legislature loans lower house majority March ment merchants Moses Brown national government nationalists Newport Herald Newport Mercury November October paper bills paper currency paper-money system Philadelphia proposed Providence Gazette ratifying convention revenue Rhode Island Historical Rhode Island politics Rhode Island Records securities September session South Kingstown Staples state's Theodore Foster tion Town Meeting Town Meeting Records trade Trevett U.S. Chronicle Providence Union United vote West Greenwich William Ellery York