Ratification of the Constitution Indexes | Index to Volumes 4–7: Ratification of the Constitution by the States: Massachusetts | C | Congress under Articles of Confederation
– British hold in contempt and thus violates peace treaty [1 reference]
– cannot suppress insurrections [1 reference]
– defense of its use of three-fifths ratio in apportioning expenses [1 reference]
– deranged state of [2 references]
– exercises degree of sovereignty [1 reference]
– Federalists said to want it discredited [1 reference]
– financial plan of 1783 [1 reference]
– financial plight of [1 reference]
– Gerry’s fear of military intervention at start of Shays’s Rebellion [1 reference]
– implements population amendment for requisition [2 references]
– impact of Shays’s Rebellion on [1 reference]
– Independent Chronicle sent to [1 reference]
– and Indian affairs [3 references]
– is only a diplomatic body, not legislative or representative [1 reference]
– leaves Philadelphia because of threat [2 references]
– little danger of corruption by foreign influence [1 reference]
– and Mass. claim of western New York [1 reference]
– obtains loan from Dutch bankers [2 references]
– petitions to requesting it retaliate against British trade policies [1 reference]
– and post office policy on newspaper circulation [3 references]
– and proposal for supplemental funds [2 references]
– and amendments to Articles of Confederation [7 references]
– and report of Annapolis Convention [2 references]
– report on revenue (1786) [1 reference]
– sale of western lands by [7 references]
– are servants of the people [2 references]
– should be strengthened [6 references]
– should propose amendments to Articles of Confederation [2 references]
– state governments are effective check on [1 reference]
– toasted in Massachusetts [2 references]
– weakness of [14 references]
– and Constitution [15 subentries]
– letters to president of [1 subentry]
– organization of [21 subentries]
– powers of [26 subentries]