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- Dorr_Rebellion comment "The Dorr Rebellion (1841–1842) was a failed attempt to force democracy on the U.S. state of Rhode Island, where a small rural elite was in control of government. It was led by Thomas Wilson Dorr, who mobilized the disfranchised to demand changes to the state's electoral rules. The state used as its constitution the 1663 colonial charter that required a man to own $134 in property to vote, and gave an equal weight in the legislature to all towns no matter what their population.".