L’implication populaire dans le processus de ratification constitutionnelle du Massachusetts
The colonial society of Massachusetts initially had a hierarchical structure with social and political distinctions between ministers, full members, half-way members and an increasing number of unconverted people. With the Great Awakening of the 1740s, a first process of democratization took place....
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Société d'Etudes Anglo-Américaines des XVIIe et XVIIIe siècles
2015-12-01
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| Series: | XVII-XVIII |
| Online Access: | http://journals.openedition.org/1718/357 |
| Summary: | The colonial society of Massachusetts initially had a hierarchical structure with social and political distinctions between ministers, full members, half-way members and an increasing number of unconverted people. With the Great Awakening of the 1740s, a first process of democratization took place. In the ratification debates of the 1780 Constitution, however, the elite and the average citizen progressively came closer to each other. The third article notably granted an equal status to all churches and provided that all citizens must contribute to their financing. |
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| ISSN: | 0291-3798 2117-590X |