Talk:Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
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Ummmm first written constitution which created a government? You may argue that Herykian articles from 1576 were first... Szopen 14:22, 14 Jan 2005 (UTC)
Looking at the Yale Avalon Project [1], I cannot see why this is the first written constitution which created a government, even within North America. --Dlatimer 14:31, 29 October 2005 (UTC)
For example, this article from Britannica 1911 [2]:
the first representative assembly in North America, the Virginia House of Burgesses, a meeting of planters sent from the plantations to assist the governor in reforming and remaking the laws of the colony. In 1621 a constitution was granted whereby the London Company appointed the governor and a council, and the people were to choose annually from their counties, towns, hundreds and plantations delegates to the House of Burgesses ... in 1624 the king took the place and exercised the authority of the London Company
- Strictly speaking, the document referred to in the Britanica quote would be a charter, not a constitution, as it was granted by a higher authority, not drafted by representatives of the populace of the state.
- It's the same difference between say, the Constitution of the State of New York, and the Charter of the City of New York. The latter exists at the whims of the State legislature and can be changed unilaterally, whereas a true constitution exists a priori, whithout any higher law making body promulgating it.--oknazevad 22:16, 14 January 2006 (UTC)
[edit] About the section named "See also"
There's a large chunk of it which is the same exact writing as the section above it, so I'm going to remove it.
