The Constitution of 1917
1917 · Event
The constitution written at Querétaro goes further than any before it: land reform and national ownership of subsoil wealth, the eight-hour day and the right to strike, secular education and curbs on the Church. The first constitution anywhere to set out social rights, it still governs Mexico.
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