Constitution of 1811 (Venezuela)

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The Constitution of 1811 (Venezuela) was the founding charter of the short-lived First Republic of Venezuela, establishing one of Latin America’s earliest republican and federal systems of government after independence from Spain.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf constitution ⓘ
founding charter ⓘ
adoptedAfter Venezuelan Declaration of Independence ⓘ
aimedTo consolidate independence from Spain ⓘ
legitimize the new Venezuelan state ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction First Republic of Venezuela ⓘ
associatedWith First Republic of Venezuela ⓘ
characteristic short-lived in practice due to fall of the First Republic ⓘ
codified framework of the First Republic of Venezuela ⓘ
country Venezuela ⓘ
defines basic rights and duties of citizens of the First Republic of Venezuela ⓘ
distribution of powers between provinces and central authority ⓘ
federal structure of Venezuela ⓘ
republican form of government in Venezuela ⓘ
established First Republic of Venezuela ⓘ
governmentForm federal system ⓘ
republican system ⓘ
guaranteed certain individual rights typical of early liberal constitutions ⓘ
historicalPeriod Latin American wars of independence ⓘ
historicalSignificance milestone in early Venezuelan state-building ⓘ
reference point for later Venezuelan constitutional developments ⓘ
ideologicalContext anti-colonial independence movement ⓘ
inspiredBy Enlightenment political philosophy ⓘ
French revolutionary constitutional ideas ⓘ
United States Constitution ⓘ
language Spanish ⓘ
legalNature written constitution ⓘ
legalStatus supreme law of the First Republic of Venezuela ⓘ
legalSystemType civil law tradition ⓘ
limited powers of the executive branch ⓘ
politicalOrientation liberal ⓘ
precededBy Spanish colonial legal order in Venezuela ⓘ
providedFor representative institutions ⓘ
separation of powers ⓘ
region Latin America ⓘ
replacedBy later Venezuelan constitutions ⓘ
roleInHistory one of the earliest federal constitutions in Latin America ⓘ
one of the earliest republican constitutions in Latin America ⓘ
status no longer in force ⓘ
subjectOf Venezuelan constitutional history ⓘ
territorialScope provinces that formed the First Republic of Venezuela ⓘ

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First Republic of Venezuela → constitution → Constitution of 1811 (Venezuela) ⓘ
President of the Supreme Executive Power → constitutionalBasis → Constitution of 1811 of Venezuela ⓘ
linked to: Constitution of 1811 (Venezuela)
Juan Germán Roscio → notableWork → Constitution of Venezuela of 1811 ⓘ
linked to: Constitution of 1811 (Venezuela)