Virginia Convention of 1850-1851
GPTKB entity
Properties (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| gptkbp:instanceOf |
political convention
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| gptkbp:completed |
adoption of new constitution
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| gptkbp:controversy |
internal improvements
taxation policies state boundaries education reforms |
| gptkbp:date |
1850-1851
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| gptkbp:discusses |
economic policies
federalism voting rights secession state sovereignty land distribution judicial reforms militia organization |
| gptkbp:historical_significance |
influenced future state conventions
|
| gptkbp:historicalContext |
pre-Civil War America
antebellum period debates over states' rights debates over federal authority growing sectional tensions rise of abolitionism emergence_of_the_Republican_Party Southern_states'_politics impact_of_economic_changes_in_the_South impact_of_the_Dred_Scott_decision impact_of_the_Kansas-Nebraska_Act impact_of_the_Missouri_Compromise influence_of_the_Second_Great_Awakening |
| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Virginia Convention of 1850-1851
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| gptkbp:influenced |
national political climate
regional interests local political factions |
| gptkbp:is_attended_by |
delegates from various counties
|
| gptkbp:issues |
slavery
representation |
| gptkbp:location |
gptkb:Virginia
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| gptkbp:notable_member |
gptkb:John_B._Floyd
gptkb:James_McDowell gptkb:William_Smith |
| gptkbp:outcome |
revised state constitution
|
| gptkbp:performedBy |
Governor_of_Virginia
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| gptkbp:precededBy |
gptkb:Virginia_Convention_of_1829-1830
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| gptkbp:purpose |
to address issues related to state governance
|
| gptkbp:related_to |
Compromise of 1850
|
| gptkbp:resultedIn |
new state constitution
changes to executive powers changes to judicial powers changes to legislative structure |
| gptkbp:succeededBy |
gptkb:Virginia_Convention_of_1861
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