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 Ratification of the Constitution Indexes | Index to Volumes 4–7: Ratification of the Constitution by the States: Massachusetts | P |  Property, Private

Subentries

– 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]