https://padlet.com/kaia_boyers/ybwa9u1u422c Initiatives and the Evolving Ohio Constitution en-us 2018-01-21 14:36:32 UTC 2025-11-12 07:02:42 UTC hello@padlet.com kaia_boyers https://padlet.com/kaia_boyers/ybwa9u1u422c/wish/223107071 1802: 35 delegates meet to draft the constitution of the future state. Ohio's first constitution is passed
   -Contains around 6,000 words
   -Composed of eight articles and 168 sections
 -Creates a government with limited powers, a governor with limited appointment, and the General Assembly holds most influence

1803: Ohio admitted to the Union as 17th state

1851: Ohio's second constitution is passed
    -Contains around 9,000 words

1873/1874: Constitutional convention 

1912: 33 of 41 proposed amendments are passed and made to the 1873 constitution, some consider this a new constitution

Today: Contains over 50,000 words 
    -Composed of 18 articles and 224 sections 

]]> 2018-01-21 15:10:08 UTC https://padlet.com/kaia_boyers/ybwa9u1u422c/wish/223107071 kaia_boyers https://padlet.com/kaia_boyers/ybwa9u1u422c/wish/223122128 -Article VIII (providing for public debt and public works) has seen the most amount of expansion, increasing 20 sections 

-Article II (establishing the legislative branch) has also seen a good amount of expansion, with 32 sections in 1851 and 46 sections today

-70 of 108 original sections of the 1851 Constitution haven't been amended

-169 total amendments have been made to the Constitution of 1851]]> 2018-01-21 17:05:26 UTC https://padlet.com/kaia_boyers/ybwa9u1u422c/wish/223122128 kaia_boyers https://padlet.com/kaia_boyers/ybwa9u1u422c/wish/223128936 2018-01-21 17:55:46 UTC https://padlet.com/kaia_boyers/ybwa9u1u422c/wish/223128936 kaia_boyers https://padlet.com/kaia_boyers/ybwa9u1u422c/wish/223128978 2018-01-21 17:56:05 UTC https://padlet.com/kaia_boyers/ybwa9u1u422c/wish/223128978 kaia_boyers https://padlet.com/kaia_boyers/ybwa9u1u422c/wish/223129051 2018-01-21 17:56:37 UTC https://padlet.com/kaia_boyers/ybwa9u1u422c/wish/223129051