Constitution of 1811 (Venezuela)

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The Constitution of 1811 (Venezuela) was the founding charter of the short-lived First Republic of Venezuela, establishing one of Latin America’s earliest republican and federal systems of government after independence from Spain.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf constitution
founding charter
adoptedAfter Declaration of Independence of Venezuela
surface form: Venezuelan Declaration of Independence
aimedTo consolidate independence from Spain
legitimize the new Venezuelan state
appliesToJurisdiction First Republic of Venezuela
associatedWith First Republic of Venezuela
characteristic short-lived in practice due to fall of the First Republic
codified framework of the First Republic of Venezuela
country Venezuela
defines basic rights and duties of citizens of the First Republic of Venezuela
distribution of powers between provinces and central authority
federal structure of Venezuela
republican form of government in Venezuela
established First Republic of Venezuela
governmentForm federal system
republican system
guaranteed certain individual rights typical of early liberal constitutions
historicalPeriod Latin American independence movements
surface form: Latin American wars of independence
historicalSignificance milestone in early Venezuelan state-building
reference point for later Venezuelan constitutional developments
ideologicalContext anti-colonial independence movement
inspiredBy Enlightenment political philosophy
French revolutionary constitutional ideas
United States Constitution
language Spanish
legalNature written constitution
legalStatus supreme law of the First Republic of Venezuela
legalSystemType civil law tradition
limited powers of the executive branch
politicalOrientation liberal
precededBy Spanish colonial legal order in Venezuela
providedFor representative institutions
separation of powers
region Latin America
replacedBy later Venezuelan constitutions
roleInHistory one of the earliest federal constitutions in Latin America
one of the earliest republican constitutions in Latin America
status no longer in force
subjectOf Venezuelan constitutional history
territorialScope provinces that formed the First Republic of Venezuela

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First Republic of Venezuela constitution Constitution of 1811 (Venezuela)
President of the Supreme Executive Power constitutionalBasis Constitution of 1811 (Venezuela)
this entity surface form: Constitution of 1811 of Venezuela
Juan Germán Roscio notableWork Constitution of 1811 (Venezuela)
this entity surface form: Constitution of Venezuela of 1811