USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -In October 1776, just three months after the American colonies declared independence from Great Britain, Georgia’s first constitutional convention met and produced the state’s inaugural constitution, known as the Constitution of 1777.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Constitution of 1777 Soon after Georgia accepted the Declaration of Independence, its first state constitutional convention was organized. Completed in February 1777 and executed without having been submitted to voters for ratification, this constitution remained in effect for twelve years.

Detailed explanation-3: -On January 5, 1776, New Hampshire’s provincial congress adopted the first state constitution.

Detailed explanation-4: -America’s first constitution, the Articles of Confederation, gave the Confederation Congress the power to make rules and request funds from the states, but it had no enforcement powers, couldn’t regulate commerce, or print money.

Detailed explanation-5: -Just before the start of the Civil War, Georgia’s Secession Convention drafted a new constitution for the state, led largely by Thomas Reade Rootes Cobb, the Convention’s chairman. The new constitution largely left in place the framework of government found under the 1798 constitution, as amended.