Bill passed to pay five shillings in the pound for paper money, 260 Refusal of Rhode Island to send delegates to the Federal Convention, 261 Proposed United States Constitution printed, 261 Acceptance of the Constitution by various states, 261 State of manufactures, 262 1790. Rhode Island declared her adhesion to the Union, 264 CHAPTER XXIX. MODE OF LIFE IN OUR FOREFATHERS' DAYS. Early condition of the land, 265 Agriculture the principal pursuit of the early settlers, 266 Early traveling, 267 Early means of education, 267 Amusements, 268 CHAPTER XXX. COMMERCIAL GROWTH AND PROSPERITY OF RHODE ISLAND. Rhode Island wiser on account of her previous struggles for self-government, 270 Commercial condition of Rhode Island, 271 Trade with East Indies commenced, 271 1790. First cotton factory went into operation, 273 1799. Free school system established, 273 1819. Providence Institution for Savings founded, 274 Canal from the Providence River to the north line of the state projected and failed, 274 1801. Great fire in Providence, 274 Visit of Washington to Rhode Island, 275 1832. Providence made a city, 275 Rhode Island in the War of 1812, 276 CHAPTER XXXI. THE DORR REBELLION. The Right of Suffrage becomes the question of Rhode Island's politics, 277 Inequality of representation, 278 No relief obtainable from the Assembly, 278 Formation of Suffrage Associations, 279 Peoples' Constitution, so called, voted for, 279 1842. Thomas Wilson Dorr elected Governor under it, 280 Conflict between the old and new government, 280 Attempt of the Dorr government to organize and seize the arsenal both failures, 281 End of the War, 281 Dorr tried for treason and sentenced to imprisonment for life; afterwards restored to his political and civil rights, 281