Download or read book A History of the Constitution of Massachusetts (Classic Reprint) written by Samuel Eliot Morison and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-10-19 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from A History of the Constitution of Massachusetts The Province of the Massachusetts Bay (province Char ter), 1692 - 1774, Colony and State of Massachusetts Bay (provincial Con grees and Province Charter resumed), 1774-1780, The Movement for a State Constitution, 17 7 6 - 1780, 1. Preliminaries, 2. Constitution of 1778, and the Mex Result, 3. Constitutional Convention of 1779 - 1780, 4. The Ratification, Constitutional Development in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 1780 - 1915, 1. The Constitution of 1780, 2. The Constitutional Convention of 1820, 3. Period 1821 - 1850, 4. The Constitutional Convention of 1853, (a) Origin, 1850-1853, (b) Character, Organization, Procedure, Method of Submission, (c) Debates, Rejected Constitution of 1853, and Additional Propositions, . (d) Adoption by the Convention, Rejection by the People, 5. Period 1854-1915. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.