Congress of Apatzingán

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The Congress of Apatzingán was a revolutionary legislative assembly convened during Mexico’s War of Independence that drafted the 1814 Constitution of Apatzingán, one of the country’s earliest constitutional charters.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf constituent congress ⓘ
historical political institution ⓘ
revolutionary legislative assembly ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction Insurgent-controlled territories of New Spain ⓘ
basedOn Catholicism as state religion ⓘ
principles of popular sovereignty ⓘ
separation of powers ⓘ
category Defunct legislatures ⓘ
History of Michoacán ⓘ
linked to: State of Michoacán

Mexican War of Independence ⓘ
country Mexico ⓘ
declared independence of Mexican America from Spain ⓘ
drafted Constitution of Apatzingán ⓘ
draftedInYear 1814 ⓘ
endDate 1815-12-22 ⓘ
endDatePrecision day ⓘ
followedBy Congress of Chilpancingo (successor in independence movement context) ⓘ
governmentTypeEstablished republican government ⓘ
hasMember Andrés Quintana Roo ⓘ
Antonio José Moctezuma ⓘ
Carlos María de Bustamante ⓘ
Cornelio Ortiz de Zárate ⓘ
Francisco Argandar ⓘ
Ignacio López Rayón ⓘ
José Manuel de Herrera ⓘ
José María Cos ⓘ
José María Liceaga ⓘ
José María Morelos ⓘ
José María Murguía ⓘ
José María Ponce de León ⓘ
José María de Cos y Pérez ⓘ
José Sixto Verduzco ⓘ
José Sotero Castañeda ⓘ
hasRole legislative body ⓘ
revolutionary government ⓘ
historicalSignificance first constitutional congress to establish a republican framework for Mexico ⓘ
ideology Mexican independence ⓘ
liberalism ⓘ
languageOfWork Spanish ⓘ
legislativePeriod 1814–1815 ⓘ
locatedIn Apatzingán ⓘ
Michoacán ⓘ
Viceroyalty of New Spain ⓘ
partOf Mexican War of Independence ⓘ
precededBy Supreme National American Junta ⓘ
promulgated Constitutional Decree for the Liberty of Mexican America ⓘ
promulgationDate 1814-10-22 ⓘ
significantEvent drafting of the Constitution of Apatzingán ⓘ
promulgation of the Constitutional Decree for the Liberty of Mexican America ⓘ
significantWork Constitution of Apatzingán ⓘ
startDate 1814-08-22 ⓘ
startDatePrecision day ⓘ

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Congress of Chilpancingo → followedBy → Congress of Apatzingán ⓘ
Decreto Constitucional para la Libertad de la América Mexicana → redactadoPor → Congreso de Anáhuac ⓘ
linked to: Congress of Apatzingán
Decreto Constitucional para la Libertad de la América Mexicana → aprobadoPor → Congreso de Apatzingán ⓘ
linked to: Congress of Apatzingán
Congreso insurgente → hasShortName → Congreso de Anáhuac ⓘ
linked to: Congress of Apatzingán