Timeline Sunday 20 April 1777

Events on Sunday 20 April 1777 1

• 1777 New York Adopts Its First State Constitution Convention at Kingston establishes a state government A convention meeting at Kingston approved New York's first constitution as an independent state, establishing a government with an elected governor and bicameral legislature. The document reflected revolutionary-era ideas about representative government while retaining property qualifications for voting. It remained in effect, with amendments, until 1821.