Congress of Apatzingán

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The Congress of Apatzingán was a revolutionary legislative assembly convened during Mexico’s War of Independence that drafted the 1814 Constitution of Apatzingán, one of the country’s earliest constitutional charters.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf constituent congress
historical political institution
revolutionary legislative assembly
appliesToJurisdiction Insurgent-controlled territories of New Spain
basedOn Catholicism as state religion
principles of popular sovereignty
separation of powers
category Defunct legislatures
History of Michoacán
linked to: State of Michoacán

Mexican War of Independence
country Mexico
declared independence of Mexican America from Spain
drafted Constitution of Apatzingán
draftedInYear 1814
endDate 1815-12-22
endDatePrecision day
followedBy Congress of Chilpancingo (successor in independence movement context)
governmentTypeEstablished republican government
hasMember Andrés Quintana Roo
Antonio José Moctezuma
Carlos María de Bustamante
Cornelio Ortiz de Zárate
Francisco Argandar
Ignacio López Rayón
José Manuel de Herrera
José María Cos
José María Liceaga
José María Morelos
José María Murguía
José María Ponce de León
José María de Cos y Pérez
José Sixto Verduzco
José Sotero Castañeda
hasRole legislative body
revolutionary government
historicalSignificance first constitutional congress to establish a republican framework for Mexico
ideology Mexican independence
liberalism
languageOfWork Spanish
legislativePeriod 1814–1815
locatedIn Apatzingán
Michoacán
Viceroyalty of New Spain
partOf Mexican War of Independence
precededBy Supreme National American Junta
promulgated Constitutional Decree for the Liberty of Mexican America
promulgationDate 1814-10-22
significantEvent drafting of the Constitution of Apatzingán
promulgation of the Constitutional Decree for the Liberty of Mexican America
significantWork Constitution of Apatzingán
startDate 1814-08-22
startDatePrecision day

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Congress of Chilpancingo followedBy Congress of Apatzingán
Decreto Constitucional para la Libertad de la América Mexicana redactadoPor Congreso de Anáhuac
linked to: Congress of Apatzingán
Decreto Constitucional para la Libertad de la América Mexicana aprobadoPor Congreso de Apatzingán
linked to: Congress of Apatzingán
Congreso insurgente hasShortName Congreso de Anáhuac
linked to: Congress of Apatzingán