New York State Constitutional Convention of 1894

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constitutional convention political event

The New York State Constitutional Convention of 1894 was a landmark gathering that revised and modernized New York’s constitution, particularly strengthening protections for the state’s natural resources and governmental structure.

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Label	Occurrences
New York State Constitutional Convention of 1894 canonical	2

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	constitutional convention ⓘ political event ⓘ
aimedTo	modernize the New York State Constitution ⓘ reform New York State governmental structure ⓘ revise the New York State Constitution ⓘ strengthen protections for natural resources in New York State ⓘ
appliesTo	New York State government NERFINISHED ⓘ New York State natural resources ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	New York State NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
describedBySource	New York legal history texts ⓘ histories of the New York State Constitution ⓘ
field	constitutional law ⓘ environmental law ⓘ public law ⓘ
hasEffect	modernization of the New York State Constitution ⓘ reorganization of New York State governmental structure ⓘ strengthening of protections for New York’s natural resources ⓘ
hasPart	debates on governmental structure ⓘ debates on natural resource protections ⓘ
jurisdiction	State of New York NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	English ⓘ
legalForm	constitutional convention ⓘ
legislativeBody	New York State Constitutional Convention NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedIn	State of New York NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	constitutional history of New York ⓘ legal history of New York ⓘ
produced	New York State Constitution of 1894 NERFINISHED ⓘ
replaces	prior New York State constitutional provisions ⓘ
significantEvent	revision of the New York State Constitution ⓘ
significantFor	development of New York State environmental protections ⓘ development of New York State governmental structure ⓘ
startTime	1894 ⓘ
temporalContext	late 19th century ⓘ

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Article XIV of the New York State Constitution → origin → New York State Constitutional Convention of 1894 ⓘ

Joseph Hodges Choate → participatedIn → New York State Constitutional Convention of 1894 ⓘ