Maryland Constitutional Convention

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Constitution
gptkbp:attendance Delegates from various counties
gptkbp:controversy Judicial authority
Taxation
Executive power
Legislative structure
gptkbp:date May 1786
gptkbp:discusses Checks and balances
Separation of powers
Rights of citizens
Representation in government
gptkbp:historical_figure gptkb:William_Whipple
gptkb:Benjamin_Franklin
gptkb:Charles_Pinckney
gptkb:Josiah_Bartlett
gptkb:Alexander_Hamilton
gptkb:George_Wythe
gptkb:Elbridge_Gerry
gptkb:George_Washington
gptkb:John_Jay
gptkb:John_Rutledge
gptkb:Samuel_Adams
gptkb:Thomas_Jefferson
gptkb:James_Monroe
gptkb:Robert_Morris
gptkb:Thomas_Paine
gptkb:William_Paterson
gptkb:Robert_Treat_Paine
gptkb:George_Mason
gptkb:James_Madison
gptkb:John_Adams
gptkb:Samuel_Chase
gptkb:Francis_Lightfoot_Lee
gptkb:John_Hancock
gptkb:Roger_Sherman
gptkb:James_Wilson
gptkb:Lyman_Hall
gptkb:Patrick_Henry
gptkb:William_Livingston
gptkb:John_Marshall
gptkb:Richard_Henry_Lee
gptkb:John_Dickinson
gptkb:Stephen_Hopkins
gptkb:James_Iredell
gptkb:Charles_Cotesworth_Pinckney
gptkb:Elijah_Clarke
gptkb:George_Clymer
gptkb:Matthew_Thornton
gptkb:William_Ellery
gptkb:William_Few
gptkb:Richard_Bland_Lee
gptkb:William_R._Davie
gptkbp:historical_significance Foundation_for_modern_Maryland_government
gptkbp:historicalContext gptkb:Post-Revolutionary_War_America
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Maryland Constitutional Convention
gptkbp:impact State's_legal_framework
gptkbp:influenced Articles of Confederation
Federalist Papers
gptkbp:legacy Model for future conventions
gptkbp:location gptkb:Maryland
gptkbp:notable_member gptkb:James_McHenry
gptkb:Charles_Carroll
gptkb:William_Paca
Daniel of St. Thomas Jenifer
gptkbp:notableFeature Establishment of a bicameral legislature
Judicial system establishment
Creation of a governor's office
Bill_of_Rights_inclusion
gptkbp:outcome Adoption_of_the_Maryland_Constitution_of_1786
gptkbp:performedBy gptkb:Maryland_General_Assembly
gptkbp:precededBy gptkb:Maryland_Constitution_of_1776
gptkbp:produces gptkb:Maryland_Constitution
gptkbp:purpose Draft a new state constitution
gptkbp:related_to Federalism
State_sovereignty
gptkbp:relatedEvent gptkb:U.S._Constitutional_Convention
gptkb:Annapolis_Convention
gptkbp:significance Influenced the development of state governance
gptkbp:succeededBy gptkb:Maryland_Constitution_of_1851
gptkbp:type State constitutional convention
gptkbp:year 1786