Sentence examples for of the first constitution from inspiring English sources

Jay was the principal author of the first constitution of New York, and, as its governor, brought about major improvements in the state's criminal justice system, Mr. Stahr said.

A draft of the first constitution for an independent Scotland, legally asserting the sovereignty of the Scottish people but with the Queen as head of state, has been published by the SNP administration in Edinburgh.

This design was established with the passage of the first Constitution of the Byelorussian SSR.

The situation escalated in the 3 September 1843 Revolution that led to the granting of the first Constitution.

The position of lieutenant governor was created with the adoption of the first Constitution of Indiana in August 1816.

Following Greek independence, he had a tumultuous public career, playing a prominent part in the granting of the first Constitution of the Kingdom of Greece and later being sentenced to death and pardoned.

Both lobbied relentlessly and succeeded in making religion a central feature of the "Objectives Resolution" of 1949 and the first constitution of Pakistan promulgated in 1956.

In 1994, the Moldovan Parliament adopted one of the first Constitutions in the ex-Soviet Space, which established a semi-presidential regime, based on the separation of powers and rule of law.

Missouri is governed under its fourth constitution, ratified in 1945, but the basic structure of government has remained constant since the first constitution of 1820.

Henry served on the committee in the Virginia Convention of 1776 that drafted the first constitution for the state.

The first constitution of Senegal was promulgated in 1963 and revised through March 1998.