Constitution of Apatzingán

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historical constitution insurgent charter legal document

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 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	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 de Apatzingán →
supersededBy	Federal Constitution of the United Mexican States of 1824 →
title	Decreto Constitucional para la Libertad de la América Mexicana →

Referenced by (3)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Sentimientos de la Nación ("Constitución de Apatzingán") →	influenced
Mexican Constitution of 1824 →	precededBy
Sentimientos de la Nación ("Constitución de Apatzingán de 1814") →	relatedTo