Ratification of the Constitution Indexes | Index to Volumes 4–7: Ratification of the Constitution by the States: Massachusetts | P | Property, Private
– American Revolution built on principle of equal access to [1 reference]
– and Antifederalists [2 references]
– best protected in Great Britain [1 reference]
– a bill of rights protects security of [1 reference]
– British endangered causing Revolution [1 reference]
– central government needs strengthening to protect [1 reference]
– Congress has no control over [1 reference]
– Constitution endangers [21 references]
– Constitution will protect [17 references]
– defense of federal judiciary’s jurisdiction over land [1 reference]
– depends on outcome of ratification debate [1 reference]
– endangered during Shays’s Rebellion [2 references]
– Federalists are men of property [8 references]
– free and frequent elections needed to preserve [1 reference]
– government should be given sufficient power to protect [1 reference]
– injustice of a division of [1 reference]
– is safe under monied and learned men [2 references]
– lack of primogeniture and entail in America [2 references]
– land values have diminished [1 reference]
– least secure under despotism [2 references]
– and Mass. Declaration of Rights [6 references]
– needs good government to protect [2 references]
– new innovations concerning should not be adopted [1 reference]
– no protection against taking of property without just compensation [1 reference]
– not a measure of integrity or talent [2 references]
– not protected under Confederation [4 references]
– one of great objects of Constitution is acquisition of property by aristocracy [1 reference]
– property is valuable in America [1 reference]
– proposed amendment prohibiting Congress from passing laws concerning transfer of ownership of [1 reference]
– proposed amendment to Articles of Confederation allowing taxation of [1 reference]
– protected best in free countries [1 reference]
– protected in colonial Mass. [1 reference]
– protected in U.S. [4 references]
– personal and property rights tied together [1 reference]
– protection of as aim of government [6 references]
– and qualification for officeholding under Articles of Confederation [2 references]
– and qualification for officeholding under Constitution [11 references]
– rich always fear division of [1 reference]
– rules concerning remain under control of states under Constitution [1 reference]
– secured inviolately by just principles of government [1 reference]
– Senate’s power to amend money bills endangers [1 reference]
– slaves as [2 references]
– state legislatures endanger [1 reference]
– taxes on estates should be reduced [1 reference]
– property not equally shared among states [1 reference]
– value of land in Mass. could fall under Constitution [1 reference]
– value of real estate driven down by tender laws [1 reference]
– value of will rise under Constitution [7 references]
– and voting rights [1 reference]
– will eventually be the basis for apportioning representation under Constitution [2 references]