Illinois State Constitution of 1848

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Constitution
gptkbp:addressed slavery issues
gptkbp:amends multiple times
gptkbp:bornIn 1848
gptkbp:controversy gptkb:Illinois_Constitutional_Convention
gptkbp:createdBy gptkb:Illinois_General_Assembly
gptkbp:defines executive branch powers
judicial branch powers
gptkbp:enactedBy Illinois_voters
gptkbp:established local government authority
state court system
modernize state governance
state militia regulations
Illinois_government_structure
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Illinois State Constitution of 1848
gptkbp:includes gptkb:Bill_of_Rights
provisions for education
provisions for taxation
provisions for civil rights
provisions for public health
provisions for land grants
provisions for state revenue
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Northwest_Ordinance
other state constitutions
democratic_principles
subsequent_Illinois_constitutions
gptkbp:is_a_document_that state sovereignty
Illinois_statehood
gptkbp:is_a_platform_for state governance
future amendments
Illinois_law
gptkbp:is_a_reflection_of 19th-century American values
gptkbp:is_a_subject_of legal interpretation
gptkbp:is_essential_for Illinois_history
gptkbp:is_part_of American_constitutional_development
gptkbp:is_used_in historical debates
gptkbp:notable_event Illinois_governance.
gptkbp:products political compromise
gptkbp:provides separation of powers
state banking regulations
state infrastructure development
gptkbp:replacedBy gptkb:Illinois_State_Constitution_of_1820
gptkbp:setting voting rights
gptkbp:succeededBy gptkb:Illinois_State_Constitution_of_1870
gptkbp:was_a_catalyst_for political_change_in_Illinois
gptkbp:was_a_response_to population_growth_in_Illinois
gptkbp:was_a_result_of political activism
gptkbp:was_marked_by gptkb:Governor_Thomas_Ford