Constitution of 3 May 1791

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:constitutional_law gptkb:historical_documents
gptkbp:abolished	gptkb:Targowica_Confederation 1792
gptkbp:adoptedBy	gptkb:Great_Sejm 1791-05-03
gptkbp:author	gptkb:Hugo_Kołłątaj gptkb:Stanisław_August_Poniatowski gptkb:Ignacy_Potocki gptkb:Stanisław_Małachowski
gptkbp:category	Polish law Legal history of Poland 18th-century documents Legal history of Lithuania Lithuanian law
gptkbp:commemoratedBy	gptkb:Constitution_Day_(Poland) 3 May
gptkbp:country	gptkb:Polish–Lithuanian_Commonwealth
gptkbp:followedBy	gptkb:Grodno_Constitution
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Constitution of 3 May 1791
gptkbp:influencedBy	gptkb:Enlightenment gptkb:United_States_Constitution gptkb:French_Constitution_of_1791
gptkbp:language	gptkb:Latin Polish
gptkbp:locationAdopted	gptkb:Warsaw
gptkbp:precededBy	gptkb:Henrician_Articles
gptkbp:purpose	reform government limit nobility power protect peasants strengthen monarchy
gptkbp:significance	first modern constitution in Europe second modern constitution in the world
gptkbp:subject	separation of powers hereditary monarchy Catholicism as state religion abolition of liberum veto protection of peasants rights of townspeople
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:liberum_veto gptkb:Kingdom_of_Poland gptkb:Polish–Lithuanian_Commonwealth gptkb:Stanisław_II_August gptkb:Sejm_of_the_Polish–Lithuanian_Commonwealth
gptkbp:bfsLayer	5