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** The Preamble to the Confederate Constitution: " We, the people of the Confederate States, each state acting in its sovereign and independent character, in order to form a permanent federal government, establish justice, insure domestic tranquillity, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity — invoking the favor and guidance of Almighty God — do ordain and establish this Constitution for the Confederate States of America.
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** and Preamble
** The Preamble to the U. S. Constitution: " We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.
** and Confederate
** American Civil War – Battle of Wauhatchie: Forces under Union General Ulysses S. Grant ward-off a Confederate attack led by General James Longstreet.
** American Civil War: The Stars and Bars is adopted as the flag of the Confederate States of America.
** Reconstruction: U. S. President Ulysses S. Grant signs the Amnesty Act of 1872 into law, restoring full civil rights to all but about 500 Confederate sympathizers.
** Reconstruction Era of the United States: Georgia becomes the last former Confederate state to be readmitted to the Union, and the Confederate States of America is dissolved.
** Battle of Antietam: Union forces defeat Confederate troops at Sharpsburg, Maryland, in the bloodiest day in U. S. history ( with over 22, 000 casualties ).
** American Civil War – Battle of Brice's Crossroads: Confederate troops under Nathan Bedford Forrest defeat a much larger Union force led by General Samuel D. Sturgis in Mississippi.
** The Commerce Clause differs as follows in that the Confederate Congress is prevented from passing laws to " facilitate commerce ", as shown above.
** and Constitution
** Lack of voting representation in either House of the U. S. Congress, as the US Constitution provides these rights only to full states.
** The ineligibility of Puerto Rico residents to vote in presidential elections as the U. S. Constitution provides these rights only to states and the District of Columbia.
** Thirteen years after its proposal and nearly 2 years after its passage by the United States Senate, the 24th Amendment to the United States Constitution, prohibiting the use of poll taxes in national elections, is ratified.
** United States v. Masaaki Kuwabara, the only Japanese-American draft resistance case to be dismissed on a due process violation of the U. S. Constitution.
** In a national referendum related to abortion, voters in Ireland reject the proposed Twelfth Amendment of the Constitution Bill, 1992 ( Ireland ) but approve the Thirteenth Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland and the Fourteenth Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland.
** Prohibition begins in the United States with the Eighteenth Amendment to the Constitution coming into effect.
** In a referendum the people of the Irish Free State accept the new Constitution by 685, 105 votes to 527, 945.
** The Australian referendum, 1967 passes with an overwhelming 90 % support, removing, from the Australian Constitution, 2 discriminatory sentences referring to Indigenous Australians.
** Royal Assent given to the Canada Act 1982, setting the stage for the repatriation of the Canadian Constitution on April 17.
** The 15th Amendment to the United States Constitution, giving blacks the right to vote, is ratified.
** Constitution of the North German Confederation comes into effect, creating a confederation of states under the leadership of Prussia and Otto von Bismarck.
** May 17, 1814 – The Constitution of Norway is signed and the Danish Crown Prince Christian Frederik is elected King of Norway by the Norwegian Constituent Assembly.
** The Blaine Act passes the United States Senate, submitting the proposed 21st Amendment to the Constitution to the states for ratification.
** The Convention on the Future of Europe finishes its work and proposes the first European Constitution.
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