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U.s. History: State Constitutions WebsiteU.s. History: State Constitutions Website
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Independence Hall Association
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U.s. History: State Constitutions

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The new states did a great deal of experimentation within the bounds of the new republican ideals. Read about three very different takes on how a state should be organized governmentally.

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constitutional conventions, constitutional issues, executive branch, expansion of voters' rights, landowners' right to vote, legislative branch, state constitutions, unicameral legislature, ushistory.org, confederation era, independence hall association, confederation era (1777-1791)

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