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 NERFINISHED
basedOn Catholicism as state religion
principles of popular sovereignty
separation of powers
category Defunct legislatures
History of Michoacán NERFINISHED
Mexican War of Independence NERFINISHED
country Mexico
declared independence of Mexican America from Spain
drafted Constitution of Apatzingán NERFINISHED
draftedInYear 1814
endDate 1815-12-22
endDatePrecision day
followedBy Congress of Chilpancingo (successor in independence movement context) NERFINISHED
governmentTypeEstablished republican government
hasMember Andrés Quintana Roo NERFINISHED
Antonio José Moctezuma NERFINISHED
Carlos María de Bustamante NERFINISHED
Cornelio Ortiz de Zárate NERFINISHED
Francisco Argandar NERFINISHED
Ignacio López Rayón NERFINISHED
José Manuel de Herrera NERFINISHED
José María Cos NERFINISHED
José María Liceaga NERFINISHED
José María Morelos NERFINISHED
José María Murguía NERFINISHED
José María Ponce de León NERFINISHED
José María de Cos y Pérez NERFINISHED
José Sixto Verduzco NERFINISHED
José Sotero Castañeda NERFINISHED
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 NERFINISHED
Michoacán NERFINISHED
Viceroyalty of New Spain NERFINISHED
partOf Mexican War of Independence NERFINISHED
precededBy Supreme National American Junta NERFINISHED
promulgated Constitutional Decree for the Liberty of Mexican America NERFINISHED
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 NERFINISHED
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 Congress of Apatzingán
this entity surface form: Congreso de Anáhuac
Decreto Constitucional para la Libertad de la América Mexicana aprobadoPor Congress of Apatzingán
this entity surface form: Congreso de Apatzingán