Constitution of Apatzingán

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The Constitution of Apatzingán was an early 1814 insurgent charter drafted during Mexico’s War of Independence that outlined a republican, liberal framework and is considered a key precursor to the country’s later national constitutions.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical constitution
insurgent charter
legal document
author Andrés Quintana Roo
Carlos María de Bustamante
José Manuel de Herrera
basedOn Sentimientos de la Nación
category Mexican War of Independence documents
Mexican constitutional history
country Mexico
dateAdopted 1814-10-22
declaredIndependenceFrom Spanish Empire
draftedBy Congress of Chilpancingo
surface form: Congress of Anáhuac

Congress of Chilpancingo
establishedBranchOfGovernment executive
judicial
legislative
executiveStructure three-person executive
governmentFormEstablished republic
historicalPeriod Mexican War of Independence
historicalSignificance first constitutional text of the Mexican insurgent movement
precursor to later Mexican national constitutions
inspiredBy Cádiz Constitution of 1812
surface form: Constitution of Cádiz

French revolutionary constitutional ideas
United States Constitution
language Spanish
legalStatusAtTime not fully implemented
numberOfPowers 3
placeAdopted Apatzingán
Michoacán
Viceroyalty of New Spain
politicalOrientation liberal
republican
principalAuthor José María Morelos y Pavón
recognizedPrinciple national sovereignty
popular sovereignty
representative government
separation of powers
recognizedRight due process
equality before the law
freedom of expression
property rights
security of persons and property
religionDeclared Roman Catholicism
religionStatus official and exclusive religion
shortName Decreto Constitucional para la Libertad de la América Mexicana
surface form: Decreto Constitucional de Apatzingán
supersededBy Mexican Constitution of 1824
surface form: Federal Constitution of the United Mexican States of 1824
title Decreto Constitucional para la Libertad de la América Mexicana

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Mexican Constitution of 1824 precededBy Constitution of Apatzingán
Sentimientos de la Nación influenced Constitution of Apatzingán
this entity surface form: Constitución de Apatzingán
Sentimientos de la Nación relatedTo Constitution of Apatzingán
this entity surface form: Constitución de Apatzingán de 1814
José María drafted Constitution of Apatzingán
subject surface form: José María Morelos y Pavón
Línea 2 del Metrobús de la Ciudad de México hasStation Constitution of Apatzingán
this entity surface form: Constitución de Apatzingán
Decreto Constitucional para la Libertad de la América Mexicana títuloAlternativo Constitution of Apatzingán
this entity surface form: Constitución de Apatzingán
Andrés Quintana Roo notableWork Constitution of Apatzingán
this entity surface form: Drafting of the Constitution of Apatzingán