But his efforts were defeated by the unrelenting hostility of the church, and by the incapacity of his contemporaries to understand his aims. After being forced in his lifetime to submit to authority, he was consigned by Dante to hell.
The Arizona Constitution was written in 1910. It was amended and ratified by Arizona voters and was approved by Congress in 1911. On February 14, 1912, Arizona was declared an equal State of the Union. Arizona citizens exercised their right to amend the Constitution since that time. The current Constitution is the first and only Constitution adopted by the state of Arizona. The Constitution is divided into a preamble and 30 articles. Article XXI of the Arizona Constitution provides the Mode of Amending. 1  The three methods of constitutional amendment allowed under Article 21 are: 2  Initiated constitutional amendments. 3  Legislatively-referred constitutional amendments. 4  A constitutional convention called by a statewide vote of the people.
The U.S. Constitution is ratified. When New Hampshire becomes the 9th of the 13 states to ratify it, the Constitution becomes the law of the land. It was decided that the new government would take effect on March 4, 1789, when the U.S. Senate met for the first time. September 25, 1789: The Bill of Rights is approved by Congress. Congress passes 12 amendments to the Constitution. Based in part on the English Bill of Rights, the Bill of Rights protects basic freedoms guaranteed to all American citizens, including freedom of speech and the right to bear arms. Two of the 12 amendments are not ratified.