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The Founders of this nation, and the Framers who wrote our Constitution, created (as Ben Franklin famously said) a constitutional republic: a government “deriving its just powers from the consent of the governed” through citizens’ (then white men) right to vote. They referred to this as “republicani...
Preamble We the People of the United States, in order to form a more perfect union, establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide for the com...
Ratification: The Struggle For Massachusetts As the epochal struggle for Massachusetts began, it was clear that the majority of the people of the state opposed the Constitution. Furthermore, in contrast to Pennsylvania where the Federalists had the important advantage of recently acquired control of the state government, the story in Massachusetts was almost the reverse. For in 1787, in reaction to the harsh measures taken to suppress Shays’ Rebellion, the people had swept the ultra-conservative Governor James Bowdoin out of office and reelected the highly popular John Hancock. Hancock, a d...
From your friends at the Stoneham Historical Society & Museum This is the time of the year when the Stoneham Historical Society & Museum is typically poised for what is one of our most important and popular programs. Every third grade classroom, their teacher and chaperones embark on a scheduled Field Trip trek to the Museum and Ten Footer located at 36 William St. in Stoneham. They are cheerfully welcomed and invited inside the museum for a chance to briefly step "back in time." Under the excellent guidance of the Third Grade School Program Coordinator, Cheryl Werlin and her amazing cad...
The year was 1786, and America was in trouble. During the precarious months preceding the Constitutional Convention, Nathaniel Gorham, the former President of the Continental Congress, secretly concocted his own plan to save the fragile, new nation: He invited Prince Henry of Prussia to rule the United States as its king. A Troubled Start In the three years after the end of the American Revolution, a monetary crisis had paralyzed the country. With very little currency in circulation, the crisis had left many—including the unpaid veterans of the war—struggling to repay the enormous debts t...