Talk:New York State Constitutions

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shouldn't the title of this page read New York State Constitution? or was this intended to be a separate page?

I suspect this is supposed to deal with all of the ones the state's had, and have links to seperate pages going into greater detail about each of them. 68.39.174.238 03:58, 20 March 2007 (UTC)

New York State has only had one constitution (which has been amended) BradMajors 18:29, 26 October 2007 (UTC)

This seems not to be correct. According to the source mentioned in the article (please check there), New York State has had five Constitutions. The original one of 1777 was amended only by the Convention in 1801, but the Convention of 1821 revised such a big part of it that it became known as the "Constitution of 1821" The same happened with the Constitution of 1846, and later ones. The current Constitution is of 1938, several times amended. If you can give different opinions or sources who say otherwise, please do so. Kraxler 20:05, 6 November 2007 (UTC)

You are correct there has been more than one constitution. The confusion arises, for example, when people refer to the "Constitution of 1801". A new constitution is not created every time the constitution is amended. BradMajors 00:09, 7 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Constitution of 1771

The content of the Constitution of 1777 article is the same as the content in this article and should be merged into this article. BradMajors (talk) 23:18, 28 November 2007 (UTC)

Ok. Kraxler 15:22, 30 November 2007 (UTC)