Pennsylvania Constitution of 1776
GPTKB entity
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
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| gptkbp:instanceOf |
gptkb:constitutional_law
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| gptkbp:abolished |
property qualifications for voting
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| gptkbp:adoptedBy |
gptkb:Pennsylvania
September 28, 1776 |
| gptkbp:contains |
gptkb:Declaration_of_Rights
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| gptkbp:draftedBy |
gptkb:Constitutional_Convention_of_1776
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| gptkbp:established |
gptkb:unicameral_legislature
gptkb:Council_of_Censors gptkb:Supreme_Executive_Council |
| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Pennsylvania Constitution of 1776
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| gptkbp:influencedBy |
gptkb:constitutional_law
Enlightenment ideas |
| gptkbp:language |
English
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| gptkbp:location |
gptkb:Pennsylvania
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| gptkbp:notableFor |
gptkb:unicameral_legislature
freedom of religion religious freedom right to bear arms right to petition freedom of assembly protection from unreasonable searches and seizures trial by jury rotation in office annual elections protection of property rights abolition of oaths of allegiance to the king broad suffrage freedom of speech and press prohibition of cruel punishments prohibition of standing armies in peacetime protection from bills of attainder protection from double jeopardy protection from ex post facto laws protection from excessive bail protection from quartering of soldiers protection from self-incrimination protection of due process protection of free elections protection of freedom of conscience protection of freedom of the press protection of habeas corpus protection of rights of accused radical democratic principles weak executive |
| gptkbp:replacedBy |
gptkb:Pennsylvania_Constitution_of_1790
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| gptkbp:significance |
First state constitution after Declaration of Independence
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| gptkbp:sufragio |
all taxpaying free men
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gptkb:Vermont_Constitution
gptkb:Pennsylvania_colonial_government |
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