Constitution of Vermont
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The Constitution of the State of Vermont is the fundamental body of law of the U.S. state of Vermont. It was adopted in 1793 following Vermont's admission to the Union in 1791. The first chapter is a "Declaration of Rights of the Inhabitants of the State of Vermont," was drafted in 1777, and is followed by a "Plan or Frame of Government" outlining the structure of governance with powers distributed between the executive, legislative and judiciary branches. Prior to 1791 Vermont was an independent state, known as the Vermont Republic, governed under the Constitution of the Vermont Republic. The Vermont Constitution was in 1777, and remains, among the most far reaching in guaranteeing personal freedoms and individual rights. It is the first constitution in the new world to prohibit slavery, guarantee universal manhood suffrage regardless of property ownership, and universal free education, a mandate for public funding of primary and secondary education available to all citizens. The constitution's Declaration of Rights of the Inhabitants of the State of Vermont anticipates the United States Bill of Rights by a dozen years and was a model for France's Déclaration universelle sur des droits de l'homme (Universal Declaration of the Rights of Man).
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- Full text of the Constitution of Vermont
- [1] The Vermont State Archives text of the Vermont Republic Constitution, 1777
- [2] The Vermont State Archives text of the 1786 Constitution
- [3] The Vermont State Archives text of the 1793 Constitution
- [4] Visit the birthplace of Vermont and its Constitution
- [5] See the original Constitution manuscript
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