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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Main Author: Isabelle Sicard
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Société d'Etudes Anglo-Américaines des XVIIe et XVIIIe siècles 2015-12-01
Series:XVII-XVIII
Online Access:http://journals.openedition.org/1718/357
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spelling doaj-241fa3259da34aaabe2ddb7c3a676cfc2020-11-24T23:12:18ZengSociété d'Etudes Anglo-Américaines des XVIIe et XVIIIe sièclesXVII-XVIII0291-37982117-590X2015-12-0172819610.4000/1718.357L’implication populaire dans le processus de ratification constitutionnelle du MassachusettsIsabelle SicardThe 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.http://journals.openedition.org/1718/357
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title_short L’implication populaire dans le processus de ratification constitutionnelle du Massachusetts
title_full L’implication populaire dans le processus de ratification constitutionnelle du Massachusetts
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description 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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