Mexican Constitution of 1824

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constitution founding document

The Mexican Constitution of 1824 was the founding federal charter of the First Mexican Republic, establishing a U.S.-style federal system and defining the political structure and powers of the national and state governments.

Aliases (7)

Statements (71)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	constitution → founding document →
abolished	monarchical form of government in Mexico →
alsoKnownAs	Federal Constitution of the United Mexican States of 1824 →
country	Mexico →
createdOffice	Vice President of the United Mexican States →
createdState	State of Chiapas → State of Chihuahua → State of Coahuila y Tejas → State of Durango → State of Guanajuato → State of Jalisco → State of Mexico → State of Michoacán → State of Nuevo León → State of Oaxaca → State of Puebla → State of Querétaro → State of San Luis Potosí → State of Sonora y Sinaloa → State of Tamaulipas → State of Veracruz → State of Yucatán → State of Zacatecas →
createdTerritory	Alta California Territory → Baja California Territory → Colima Territory → Islas Marianas y Carolinas Territory → Santa Fe de Nuevo México Territory → Tlaxcala Territory →
dateAdopted	1824-10-04 →
declaredOfficialReligion	Roman Catholicism →
definedSovereigntyAs	residing essentially in the nation →
definedTerritorialUnitsAs	states → territories →
draftedByBody	Constituent Congress of 1823–1824 →
established	First Mexican Republic →
establishedBranch	executive branch → judicial branch → legislative branch →
establishedCapital	Mexico City →
followedBy	Constitution of 1857 → Siete Leyes →
governmentFormEstablished	federal republic →
guaranteed	division of powers → representative government →
headOfGovernmentTitleCreated	President of the United Mexican States →
headOfStateTitleCreated	President of the United Mexican States →
historicalEra	post-independence Mexico →
inspiredBy	Cádiz Constitution of 1812 → United States Constitution →
language	Spanish →
legalSystemInfluence	civil law tradition →
legislatureType	bicameral legislature →
limitedMonarchy	true →
locationOfDrafting	Mexico City →
lowerHouse	Chamber of Deputies →
officialName	Constitución Federal de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos de 1824 →
politicalSystem	federal system →
precededBy	Constitution of Apatzingán → Plan of Iguala → Treaties of Córdoba →
prohibited	practice of any religion other than Roman Catholicism →
recognizedReligion	Roman Catholicism →
restrictedSuffrageTo	male citizens meeting property or income requirements →
shortName	Constitution of 1824 →
subjectOf	Mexican constitutional history →
suspendedBy	Siete Leyes →
timePeriodInForce	1824-1835 →
tookEffectOn	1824-10-04 →
upperHouse	Senate of the Republic →

Referenced by (16)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Coahuila y Tejas ("Constitution of Mexico of 1824") → First Mexican Republic ("Federal Constitution of the United Mexican States of 1824") → Mexican Congress ("Constitution of 1824 (Mexico)") →	establishedBy
Leyes Constitucionales de 1836 ("Constitución Federal de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos de 1824") → Siete Leyes ("Constitución Federal de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos de 1824") → Siete Leyes ("Constitución Federal de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos de 1824") →	replaced
Mexican Constitution of 1824 ("Federal Constitution of the United Mexican States of 1824") →	alsoKnownAs
First Mexican Republic ("Federal Constitution of the United Mexican States of 1824") →	constitution
Cádiz Constitution of 1812 →	influenced
Constitution of the Republic of Texas (1836) ("Constitution of Mexico (1824)") →	inspiredBy
Mexican Constitution of 1824 ("Constitución Federal de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos de 1824") →	officialName
Legislature of California under Mexican rule →	operatedUnder
Leyes Constitucionales de 1836 ("Constitución Federal de 1824") →	precededBy
Mexican Constitution of 1824 ("Constitution of 1824") →	shortName
Guadalupe Victoria ("Federal Constitution of the United Mexican States of 1824") →	signed
Constitution of Apatzingán ("Federal Constitution of the United Mexican States of 1824") →	supersededBy