Episode 29 - The Ward-Hopkins Controversy

Early and Often: The History of Elections in America

Jul 3, 201827:30Society & Culture

As Rhode Island develops and grows throughout the 18th century, it becomes divided by a struggle for dominance between the two largest cities in the colony, leading to the creation of an early two-party system with many...

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