XII. CONNECTICUT AT THE CLOSE OF THE REVOLUTION
Expansion of towns.--Revival of commerce and industries.--Schools and literature.--Newspapers.--Rise of the Anti-Federal party.--Baptist, Methodist, and Separatist dissatisfaction.--Growth of a broader conception of toleration within the Consociated churches.
XIII. CERTIFICATE LAWS AND WESTEKN LAND BILLS
Opposition to the Establishment from dissenters, Anti-Federalists, and the dissatisfied within the Federal ranks.--Certificate law of 1791 to allay dissatisfaction.--Its opposite effect.--A second Certificate law to replace the former.--Antagonism created by legislation in favor of Yale College.--Storm of protest against the Western Land bills of 1792-93.--Congregational missions in Western territory.--Baptist opposition to legislative measures.--The revised Western Land bill as a basis for Connecticut's public school fund.--Result of the opposition roused by the Certificate laws and Western Land bills.
XIV. THE DEVELOPMENT OF POLITICAL PARTIES IN CONNECTICUT
Government according to the charter of 1662.--Party tilt over town representation.--Anti-Federal grievances against the Council or Senate, the Judiciary, and other defective parts of the machinery of government.--Constitutional questions.--Rise of the Democratic-Republican party.--Influence of the French Revolution.--The Federal members of the Establishment or "Standing Order," the champions of religious and political stability.--President Dwight, the leader of the Standing Order.--Leaders of the Democratic-Republicans.--Political campaigns of 1804-1806.--Sympathy for the defeated Republicans.--Politics at the close of the War of 1812.
Waning of the power of the Federal party in Connecticut.--Opposition to the Republican administration during the War of 1812.--Participation in the Hartford Convention.--Economic benefits of the war.--Attitude of the New England clergy toward the war.--The Toleration party of 1816.--Act for the Support of Literature and Religion.--Opposition.--Toleration and Reform Ticket of 1817.--New Certificate Law.--Constitution and Reform Ticket of 1818.--Its victory.--The Constitutional Convention.--New Constitution of 1818.--Separation of Church and State.