Constitution of 1824

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The Constitution of 1824 was the first federal constitution of independent Mexico, establishing a republican system of government after the fall of the First Mexican Empire.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf constitution
federal constitution
historical legal document
abolishedBy Leyes Constitucionales de 1836
surface form: centralist Constitution of 1836
appliedInTerritory Mexican Alta California
surface form: Alta California

Coahuila y Tejas
surface form: Texas

Yucatán state
surface form: Yucatán
cameIntoForceAfter fall of the First Mexican Empire
country Mexico
createdBranch executive branch
judicial branch
legislative branch
createdOffice President of Mexico
Vice President of the United Mexican States
surface form: Vice President of Mexico
dateAdopted 1824-10-04
definedNationAs Mexico
surface form: Estados Unidos Mexicanos
definedSovereigntyAs residing essentially in the nation
establishedPrinciple division of powers
federalism
representative democracy
followedBy Constitution of the Republic of Texas (1836)
surface form: Constitution of 1836
governmentFormEstablished federal republic
representative government
headOfGovernmentTitle President of the United Mexican States
headOfStateTitle President of the United Mexican States
historicalPeriod early independent Mexico
ideologicalOrientation liberal
inspiredBy United States Constitution
surface form: Constitution of the United States

Cádiz Constitution of 1812
language Spanish
legislatureType bicameral legislature
lowerHouse Chamber of Deputies
officialName Mexican Constitution of 1824
surface form: Constitución Federal de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos de 1824
precededBy First Mexican Empire
Plan of Iguala
Treaties of Córdoba
prohibited practice of any religion other than Roman Catholicism
promulgatedBy Constituent Congress of Mexico
promulgatedInCity Mexico City
recognizedEntityType state
territory
religionDeclared Roman Catholicism
religiousPolicy Roman Catholicism as the only permitted religion
replaced monarchical system of the First Mexican Empire
shortName Mexican Constitution of 1824
stateStructure federal state
status abolished
tookEffectOn 1824-10-04
upperHouse Senate

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Constitution of 1857 precededBy Constitution of 1824
Vice President of the United Mexican States officeCreatedUnder Constitution of 1824
this entity surface form: Constitution of 1824 of Mexico
Plan de Cuernavaca opposedTo Constitution of 1824
this entity surface form: Federal Constitution of 1824
Acta Constitutiva y de Reformas de 1847 relatedTo Constitution of 1824
this entity surface form: Constitución de 1824