6 sentences with 'constitutions'
Example sentences and phrases with the word constitutions and other words derived from it.
• « In both revolutions, ideas that had remained in the abstract during the Enlightenment manifested themselves in the form of new constitutions, laws and principles of government, and in both cases, one of the by-products was violent upheaval. »
• « Likewise, the very fact that conservative monarchies accepted the need for written constitutions, and the definitive end of the old feudal obligations of peasants in areas where these still existed, were marked steps towards liberalism. »
• « In the course of 1989, one country after another held free elections and the communists were ousted from government. New constitutions were quickly drafted. »
• « Several provinces soon adopted their own constitutions, while others did not have one until many years later. »
• « Each state held constitutional conventions and drafted state constitutions that defined how government would function and who could participate in political life. »