New Jersey Constitution of 1776

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/New_Jersey_Constitution_of_1776
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gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:state_order
gptkbp:abolished Royal Governor of New Jersey
Colonial Assembly
gptkbp:adoptedBy July 2, 1776
Provincial Congress of New Jersey
gptkbp:context gptkb:American_Revolution
gptkbp:documentType gptkb:law
gptkbp:establishedOffice gptkb:Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom
gptkb:United_Nations_General_Assembly
Governor of New Jersey
gptkbp:grantedRightToVoteTo free Black property owners
property-owning men
unmarried women property owners
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label New Jersey Constitution of 1776
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:constitutional_law
Enlightenment ideas
gptkbp:language English
gptkbp:limitedSuffrage property qualifications
gptkbp:location gptkb:New_Jersey
gptkbp:notableFor temporary measure
allowed women to vote until 1807
gptkbp:providesFor gptkb:legislative_body
annual elections
gptkbp:purpose establish government after independence from Britain
gptkbp:repealedBy 1844
gptkbp:replacedBy gptkb:New_Jersey_Constitution_of_1844
gptkbp:significance first constitution of New Jersey
gptkbp:termLength one year
gptkbp:termLengthGeneralAssembly one year
gptkbp:termLengthLegislativeCouncil one year
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:New_Jersey_Constitution
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7