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1. Got a Rocky Mountain High? Forget any other intoxicant, Coloradans have been high on their state constitution for almost 150 years. But it wasn’t easy at first. #50Weeks50Constitutions tells a story beyond the document’s (& the state’s) four corners.
2. Originally entirely part of Mexico, by 1858 what is now Colorado was split between the Kansas, Nebraska, New Mexico, & Utah territories. 
3. As often happened out West, things got interesting once someone struck gold, which happened in 1858. Prospectors then flooded into an area that included what would become the city of Denver.
1. This week’s edition of #50Weeks50Constitutions explores the constitutional history of Illinois, the #LandofLincoln (& a couple other presidents too) & our 3d state in this series admitted under the Northwest Ordinance.
2. The Illinois territory was originally governed from Indiana, but the people felt that was just too far away, so they decided to make it on their own! Illinois became a separate territory in 1809 & began taking serious steps toward statehood in 1812.
3. By 1817 the Illinois legislature was ready to petition Congress for statehood. But first, they had to prove that Illinois had at least 40K inhabitants & adopt a constitution acceptable to Congress. So, the legislature convened a convention to address both of these.
