Guam Constitutional Convention

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constitutional convention historical event political event

The Guam Constitutional Convention was an elected body convened in the 1970s to draft a proposed constitution for the U.S. territory of Guam as part of efforts to define its political status and self-governance.

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Surface form	Occurrences
Guam Constitutional Convention of 1977	1

Statements (39)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	constitutional convention ⓘ historical event ⓘ political event ⓘ
aimedAt	clarifying the internal government structure of Guam ⓘ establishing a local constitution consistent with U.S. federal law ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	Guam NERFINISHED ⓘ
basedOn	United States constitutional principles NERFINISHED ⓘ territorial status under U.S. sovereignty ⓘ
compositionMethod	popular election ⓘ
convenedBy	Government of Guam NERFINISHED ⓘ Guam Legislature NERFINISHED ⓘ
convenedInDecade	1970s ⓘ
country	Guam NERFINISHED ⓘ
describedBySourceType	U.S. territorial law analyses ⓘ historical accounts of Guam’s political development ⓘ
drafted	proposed Constitution of Guam NERFINISHED ⓘ
electorate	residents of Guam eligible to vote ⓘ
followed	enactment of the Guam Organic Act of 1950 ⓘ
governs	proposed framework for Guam’s internal self-government ⓘ
hasGoal	define Guam’s political status ⓘ draft a constitution for Guam ⓘ increase self-governance for Guam ⓘ
hasLanguage	Chamorro ⓘ English ⓘ
legalStatus	elected body ⓘ
location	Hagåtña NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	political status processes of Guam ⓘ self-governance efforts of Guam ⓘ
preceded	later political status discussions in Guam ⓘ
relatedTo	Guam Organic Act of 1950 NERFINISHED ⓘ political status plebiscites in Guam ⓘ self-determination movements in Guam ⓘ
significance	key event in Guam’s quest for greater autonomy ⓘ milestone in Guam’s constitutional development ⓘ
subjectOf	Guam Organic Act NERFINISHED ⓘ
topic	distribution of powers within the Government of Guam ⓘ relationship between Guam and the United States ⓘ rights of residents of Guam ⓘ territorial self-government ⓘ

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