Preamble, Connecticut Constitution

Connecticut Constitution
Preamble
Articles
I • II • III • IV • V • VI • VII • VIII • IX • X • XI • XII • XIII • XIV

The Preamble of the Connecticut Constitution precedes fourteen articles and serves as the opening paragraph to the constitution.

Preamble

Text of Preamble: The People of Connecticut acknowledging with gratitude, the good providence of God, in having permitted them to enjoy a free government; do, in order more effectually to define, secure, and perpetuate the liberties, rights and privileges which they have derived from their ancestors; hereby, after a careful consideration and revision, ordain and establish the following constitution and form of civil government.

See also

• State constitution
• Constitutional article
• Constitutional amendment
• Constitutional revision
• Constitutional convention
• Amendments
  • Initiated constitutional amendment
  • Legislatively-referred constitutional amendment
  • Publication requirements for proposed state constitutional amendments
  • Rules about constitutional conventions in state constitutions
  • State constitutional articles governing state legislatures

External links

Suggest a link

• Connecticut Constitution
• Roland, Jon. The Constitution Society, "The Fundamental Orders," accessed January 14, 2007.
• The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, "Fundamental Orders," Columbia University Press (2005)," accessed February 27, 2014.

Additional reading

• Horton, Wesley W. (2012). The Connecticut State Constitution, New York, New York: Oxford University Press