{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"The Story of Rhode Island","title":"BONUS: Rhode Island's Fight Against the Constitution","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/cb6234cf\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":986,"description":"In 1790, the United States threatened to invade one of its own states. Congress debated cutting it off as a foreign nation. Some advocates of the new Constitution even suggested carving it up and dividing its land between neighboring states. And still, it didn't budge.This is the story of how a group of South County farmers became the most defiant force against the United States Constitution, holding out against ratification longer than any other state and why their story has been largely forgotten.In this episode we cover:- how the farmers of South County rose to political power- the paper money policy that saved Rhode Island's economy and set it on a collision course with the founders- why Rhode Island was the only state to refuse to send delegates to the Constitutional Convention, the two and a half year standoff between Rhode Island and the new United States- the escalating threats that brought America to the brink of turning on one of its own- how a 34-32 vote finally ended one of the most remarkable acts of political defiance in American history.","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/85DMYcV0zRiCwpJl-JPyKiVZSkGT7uyRB-jYkPMvGS4/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9hMmQx/YWQyODM4NTQxZGI1/MzZiNmEzOWRlYzJm/MjhmNC5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}