jul 14, 1776 - The First Virginia Constitution
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Virginia's first state constitution was written in 1776. It established the basis for government so Virginia would not be in a "state of nature," after declaring independence from Great Britain. Virginia's Fifth Revolutionary Convention, elected and meeting separately from the colonial House of Burgesses, was the first in North America to define the shape of an independent state government that owed no allegiance to King George III.
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