- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- Constitutional conventions
- Creator:
- Justice, George
- Date of Original:
- 2006-08-10
- Subject:
- Constitutional conventions--Georgia
Georgia--Politics and government
Georgia. Constitutional Convention (1795)
Georgia. Constitutional Convention (1865)
Georgia. Constitutional Convention (1867-1868)
Georgia. Constitutional Convention (1877) - Location:
- United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018
- Medium:
- articles
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- text/html
- Description:
- Encyclopedia article about constitutional conventions in Georgia. Constitutional conventions are a distinctly American political innovation, first appearing during the era of the Revolutionary War (1775-83). Georgia was among the first states to use a meeting of delegates to create a constitution. In October 1776, just three months after the American colonies declared independence from Great Britain, Georgia's first constitutional convention met and produced the state's inaugural constitution, known as the Constitution of 1777. Several other states also chose the convention method as a means of adopting new constitutions. Others, however, used their provincial congresses to frame a founding document for a new state government.
GSE identifier: SS8CG1, SS8H3 - Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/government-politics/constitutional-conventions/
- Language:
- eng
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- Cite as: "ARTICLE TITLE," New Georgia Encyclopedia. Retrieved [date]: http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org.
- Original Collection:
- Forms part of the New Georgia Encyclopedia.
- Holding Institution:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
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