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Dorr's' Rebel'lion



Pronunciation: (dôrz), [key]
an insurrection in Rhode Island (1842) that grew out of dissatisfaction with the existing state constitution, which restricted suffrage to landholders or their eldest sons.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

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