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1. Florida, man. This week’s edition of #50Weeks50Constitutions explores the constitutional history of the #SunshineState. Originally a Spanish territory & subject to the Spanish constitution of 1812, it was ceded to the U.S. in 1821. But it took a few years to become a state.
2. A convention was (finally) convened in 1838, with 56 delegates representing a population sharply divided on whether Florida should even be a state & whether it should be kept as one or split into two. With hindsight, we know the answer to both queries.
3. The convention borrowed extensively from other states, especially Alabama. Most debates over the structure of government & rights had long been settled (except the slavery issue) so the main debate was over whose interests should be primary: bankers or farmers.
