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The 1867–1868 Georgia State Constitutional Convention was held for the purpose of constructing a constitution for the state following the end of the American Civil War. Held in Atlanta, the convention started on December 9, 1867 and ran through March 1868. [1] [2] Its delegates included 137 white men and 33 African American men. [1]
The Fourteenth Amendment (Amendment XIV) to the United States Constitution was adopted on July 9, 1868, as one of the Reconstruction Amendments.Usually considered one of the most consequential amendments, it addresses citizenship rights and equal protection under the law and was proposed in response to issues related to formerly enslaved Americans following the American Civil War.
Printer's mark of William Caxton, 1478. A variant of the merchant's mark. William Caxton (c. 1422 – c. 1491) was an English merchant, diplomat and writer.He is thought to be the first person to introduce a printing press into England in 1476, and as a printer to be the first English retailer of printed books.
In August 1945, a popular vote ratified the new document. The new document, however, did not represent a great change from the old constitution, of which 90% of the 1877 constitution's provisions (as amended) remained intact. [31] Once again, an extensive bill of rights was included in the new document.
A century of Georgia Agriculture, 1850–1950 (1954) Steely, Mel. The Gentleman from Georgia: The Biography of Newt Gingrich Mercer University Press, 2000. ISBN 0-86554-671-1. Tuck, Stephen G. N. Beyond Atlanta: The Struggle for Racial Equality in Georgia, 1940–1980. University of Georgia Press, 2001. ISBN 0-8203-2265-2.
The Constitution of the United States is the oldest and longest-standing written and codified national constitution in force in the world. [ 4 ] [ a ] The drafting of the Constitution , often referred to as its framing, was completed at the Constitutional Convention , which assembled at Independence Hall in Philadelphia between May 25 and ...
The Georgia Bill of Rights was ratified, along with the Georgia Constitution of 1861, soon after the State of Georgia seceded from the Union on 18 January 1861. [1] Prior to the creation of the Bill of Rights, Georgia's previous four Constitutions protected only a relative few civil liberties. [1]
Under Georgia's Rules and Regulations of 1776, considered by some to be the first constitution, the chief executive was a president chosen by the legislature every six months. [15] This was quickly superseded by the 1777 constitution, which called for a governor to be chosen by the legislature each year, [ 16 ] with a term limited to one year ...