When Joseph Phillips was born on 8 August 1819, in Washington, Rhode Island, United States, his father, Ethel Phillips, was 39 and his mother, Sabra Frink, was 36. He married Miriam Philips on 10 March 1840, in Voluntown, New London, Connecticut, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. He died on 16 October 1899, at the age of 80, and was buried in Pine Grove Cemetery, Hopkinton, Washington, Rhode Island, United States.
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The Missouri Compromise helped provide the entrance of Maine as a free state and Missouri as a slave state into the United States. As part of the compromise, slavery was prohibited north of the 36°30′ parallel, excluding Missouri.
"The United States law requiring full payment at the time of purchase and registration of any land. to help encourage sales and make land more affordable, Congress reduced the minimum price of dollar per acre and the minimum size that could be purchased. Most of this land for sale was located on the frontier which was then ""The West"". This Act was good for many Americans, but it was also over used by wealthy investors."
The Dorr Rebellion, led by Thomas Wilson Dorr, took place from 1841 until 1842. During the Rebellion, the middle-class residents of Rhode Island attempted to force broader democracy to the state legislation.
English, Dutch, North German, and Jewish (western Ashkenazic): patronymic from the personal name Philip . In North America, this surname has also absorbed cognates from other languages (see Philips ).
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