Illinois State Constitution of 1848

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Statements (47)
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gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:Constitution
gptkbp:allows gptkb:local_government
gptkbp:amended_by gptkb:multiple_times
gptkbp:defines gptkb:Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States
gptkb:Legislative_body
gptkb:executive_branch
gptkbp:drafted_by gptkb:Illinois_Constitutional_Convention
gptkbp:established gptkb:Illinois_General_Assembly
state militia
state land policies
state judiciary
state taxation system
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Illinois State Constitution of 1848
gptkbp:included separation of powers
provisions for education
provisions for state elections
provisions for public health
taxation provisions
provisions for transportation
provisions for suffrage
provisions for state funding
provisions for state infrastructure
gptkbp:influenced subsequent state constitutions
gptkbp:is_a_document_that defined state powers
gptkbp:is_a_foundation_for Illinois state government
gptkbp:is_adopted_by 1848-08-26
gptkbp:is_debated_in Illinois Constitutional Convention of 1847
gptkbp:is_recognized_as civil liberties
property rights
gptkbp:is_significant_for Illinois history
gptkbp:key Illinois statehood.
gptkbp:legal_framework Illinois governance
gptkbp:product gptkb:political_negotiations
gptkbp:provides gptkb:Constitution
gptkb:Bill_of_Rights
state debt management
gptkbp:ratified_by Illinois voters
gptkbp:replaced_by gptkb:Illinois_State_Constitution_of_1870
gptkbp:set_term_limits state officials
gptkbp:signed_by Governor Thomas Ford
gptkbp:was_a_response_to the need for a new government structure
population growth in Illinois
gptkbp:was_a_result_of demands for reform
gptkbp:was_influenced_by gptkb:Northwest_Ordinance
other state constitutions
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Illinois_State_Constitution_of_1870
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7