The typical division of branches is into a legislature, an executive, and a judiciary. It can be contrasted with the fusion of powers in a parliamentary system where the executive and legislature (and sometimes parts of the judiciary) are unified.
Alabama is nicknamed the Yellowhammer State, after the state bird. Alabama is also known as the Heart of Dixie and the Cotton State. The state tree is the longleaf pine, and the state flower is the camellia.
Alabama has had six constitutions. The Alabama Territory was established on March 3, 1817 by the act that also created the state of Mississippi. The only territorial governor was William Wyatt Bibb who later went on to become Alabamaâs first governor. Sixty thousand people were needed to become a state; Alabama recognized 67,594 people. The first Constitutional Convention met in Huntsville, Alabama in July, 1819 in Walker Allenâs Cabinet Shop.