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American Revolution Podcast

Episode 092 State Constitutions, Part 2

American Revolution Podcast

Michael Troy

History, Education

4.81.1K Ratings

🗓️ 14 April 2019

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

Following the Declaration of Independence, most of the remaining States adopt new Constitutions. We examine why Massachusetts took so long and why Connecticut and Rhode Island did not even bother with one. Visit my site at https://blog.AmRevPodcast.com for more text, pictures, maps, and sources on this topic. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Today, episode 92, State Constitutions Part 2.

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Last week we looked at the first five colonies to produce State Constitutions.

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Today we're going to continue with the remaining colonies, beginning with Pennsylvania, and continuing on in the order in which the states adopted their first constitution.

1:10.0

So far the colonies we reviewed followed a similar pattern.

1:14.0

A royal governor refused to let the legislature meet to discuss issues,

1:18.6

typically the flashpoint being appointment of delegates to the First Continental Congress in 1774.

1:25.2

The local Patriots would get it a snit about this and form their own quasi-legislature to get the work done.

1:31.9

Over the next two years or so, the Royal Government

1:34.7

will become increasingly irrelevant as the provincial government slowly took

1:38.7

over and finally formed a new constitution. And that pattern generally continues through each colony, though each has its own twists.

1:48.0

Pennsylvania followed a similar path, but with a slightly different dynamic.

1:53.0

As a proprietary colony, Pennsylvania did not have a royal governor.

1:59.0

Way back in 1691, King Charles II had granted Pennsylvania to William Penn as his personal property.

2:08.7

Penn ruled as governor until his death in 1718, at which time he willed Pennsylvania to his three sons.

2:16.5

By 1775, Pennsylvania had passed to William's grandson, John Penn, along with his cousin, also named John Penn, who owned a minority 25%

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