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Approving New Constitutions
During this period of time, nine states, six entering the union, approved new constitutions with reform concepts. -
Mill workers hold a suffrage rally in Pawtucket, RI, calling for extending voting rights
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A suffrage rally is held in Providence with 1,500 in attendance
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Northern towns present suffrage petitions to General Assembly which are rejected by the Assembly
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Providence militia protests during drill about disenfranchise of men who do not own land
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Delegates in Providence pick Dorr as Chairman of the Resolution Committee, Constitutional Party
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Constitutional Party loses election but Dorr elected to General Assembly
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Dorr becomes active again in suffrage movement
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Thomas Dorr elected Governor under People's Constitution
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Dorr and 234 men try to take over RI State Arsenal but retreat
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Dorr establishes encampment in Chepachet and government attacks
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Dorr breaks up group of his followers and leaves RI
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Dorr issues Address to the People of Rhode Island defending his suffrage actions
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Dorr goes on trial in Newport for treason
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Dorr is found guilty and sentenced to life in prison
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Dorr released from prison by act of General Assembly pardoning him from "certain offenses against...this state..."
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Dorr penned a credo called the Doctrine of Sovereignty
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Thomas Wilson Dorr dies in Providence at age 49
