Government Act of 3 May 1791

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The Government Act of 3 May 1791 is the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth’s landmark constitution, widely regarded as one of the world’s first modern written national constitutions and a key reform effort to strengthen the state.

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instanceOf Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth law ⓘ
constitution ⓘ
legal act ⓘ
abolished liberum veto in most cases ⓘ
adoptedBy Great Sejm ⓘ
Sejm of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth ⓘ
affirmed Roman Catholicism as dominant religion ⓘ
aimedTo curb the abuses of the liberum veto ⓘ
improve governance efficiency ⓘ
limit the power of the magnate oligarchy ⓘ
reform the political system ⓘ
strengthen the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Constitution of 3 May 1791 ⓘ
May 3rd Constitution ⓘ
Ustawa Rządowa z dnia 3 maja 1791 roku ⓘ
commemoratedIn Lithuania ⓘ
Poland ⓘ
commemoratedOn 3 May Constitution Day ⓘ
linked to: Constitution Day
considered a key reform effort of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth ⓘ
a landmark in European constitutionalism ⓘ
one of the first modern written national constitutions ⓘ
country Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth ⓘ
dateAdopted 1791-05-03 ⓘ
defined separation of powers ⓘ
established Guardians of the Laws ⓘ
extended political rights to burghers ⓘ
followedBy Grodecki Sejm resolutions ⓘ
governmentFormIntroduced constitutional monarchy ⓘ
granted protection to peasants under state law ⓘ
guaranteed religious tolerance to non-Catholics ⓘ
headOfState hereditary monarch ⓘ
historicalPeriod Enlightenment ⓘ
influencedBy American Revolution ⓘ
Enlightenment political thought ⓘ
French Enlightenment ⓘ
language Latin ⓘ
Polish ⓘ
limited powers of the king ⓘ
powers of the nobility ⓘ
locationAdopted Warsaw ⓘ
maintained dominant position of the nobility ⓘ
opposedBy Targowica Confederation ⓘ
partOf reforms of the Great Sejm ⓘ
precededBy Henrician Articles ⓘ
Nihil novi act ⓘ
reformed Sejm ⓘ
executive branch ⓘ
restricted political role of the clergy ⓘ
underminedBy Polish–Russian War of 1792 ⓘ
Russian intervention ⓘ

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Constitution of 3 May 1791 → alsoKnownAs → Government Act of 3 May 1791 ⓘ
Jan Matejko → notableWork → Constitution of 3 May 1791 ⓘ
linked to: Government Act of 3 May 1791
Third Partition of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth → relatedEvent → Constitution of 3 May 1791 ⓘ
linked to: Government Act of 3 May 1791
May 3rd Constitution → alsoKnownAs → Constitution of 3 May 1791 ⓘ
linked to: Government Act of 3 May 1791
Government Act of 3 May 1791 → alsoKnownAs → Constitution of 3 May 1791 ⓘ
linked to: Government Act of 3 May 1791
Government Act of 3 May 1791 → alsoKnownAs → Ustawa Rządowa z dnia 3 maja 1791 roku ⓘ
linked to: Government Act of 3 May 1791
Guardians of the Laws → createdBy → Constitution of 3 May 1791 ⓘ
linked to: Government Act of 3 May 1791
Guardians of the Laws → legalBasis → Constitution of 3 May 1791 ⓘ
linked to: Government Act of 3 May 1791
Guardians of the Laws → describedIn → Constitution of 3 May 1791 ⓘ
linked to: Government Act of 3 May 1791
Targowica Confederation → opposedDocument → Constitution of 3 May 1791 ⓘ
linked to: Government Act of 3 May 1791
Second Partition of Poland → precededBy → Constitution of 3 May 1791 ⓘ
linked to: Government Act of 3 May 1791
Poland’s Constitution Day → honorsDocument → Constitution of 3 May 1791 ⓘ
linked to: Government Act of 3 May 1791
Final Partition of Poland (1795) → precededBy → Constitution of 3 May 1791 reforms ⓘ
linked to: Government Act of 3 May 1791