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149: 724:) or must (obligatory referendum) be submitted to the people for their approval. It was therefore only natural that attempts should be made to revise the federal constitution of 1848 in a democratic and centralizing sense, for it had been provided that the Federal Assembly, on its own initiative or on the written request of 50,000 Swiss electors, could submit the question of revision to a popular vote. The first attempt at a revision in 1872 was defeated by a small majority, owing to the efforts of the anti-centralizing party. Finally, however, another draft was preferred, and on the 19 April 1874, the new constitution was accepted by the people – 14 590: 1155: 2086: 336: 2062: 25: 422: 2074: 756:
after three months (instead of two years in the 1848 Constitution), given all cantonal and communal rights (formerly only cantonal rights were granted). Finally, the referendum was introduced in its "facultative" form; i.e., all federal laws must be submitted to popular vote on the demand of 30,000 Swiss citizens or of eight cantons. The
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Although there was now a fully organized central government, Switzerland was a very decentralized federation. Most authority remained with the cantons, including all powers not explicitly granted to the federal government. One of the first acts of the Federal Assembly was to exercise the power given
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consisted of seven members elected by the Federal Assembly. In the 1848 Constitution, the Federal Council was granted the "supreme executive and directorial authority of the Confederation". Each member of the Federal Council heads one of seven executive departments. The chairman of the Council also
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The Constitution of 1874 further strengthened the federal power. The revised Constitution included three major points. First, a system of free elementary education was set up, under the superintendence of the Confederation, but managed by the cantons. Second, a man settling in another canton was,
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were forbidden in the future. All cantons were required to treat Swiss citizens who belonged to one of the Christian confessions like their own citizens. Previously, citizens of one canton regarded citizens of the others as the citizens of foreign countries. All Christians were guaranteed the
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was organized, while all weights and measures were unified. In 1868 the metric system was allowed and in 1875 declared obligatory and universal. In 1854 roads and canals taken in hand were taken under federal control. The
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was chiefly confined to civil cases in which the Confederation was a party, but also took in great political crimes. All constitutional questions are however reserved for the Federal Assembly.
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From 1848 onwards the cantons continually revised their constitutions, with most including the introduction of the referendum, by which laws made by the cantonal legislature may (facultative
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had taken power in Switzerland and had, thanks to the Protestant majority of cantons, taken measures against the Catholic Church such as the closure of monasteries and convents in
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exercise of their religion but the Jesuits and similar religious orders were not to be received in any canton. German, French and Italian were recognized as national languages.
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In 1866 the rights granted only to Christians (free movement and freedom of religion) under the 1848 Constitution were extended to all Swiss regardless of religion.
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The war lasted for less than a month, causing fewer than 100 casualties. Apart from small riots, this was the last armed conflict on Swiss territory.
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made up of deputies elected three years, in the proportion of one for every 20,000 citizens or fraction over 10,000 from each canton. The
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wasn't opened until 1855 in Zurich, though the Federal university authorized by the new constitution has not yet been set up.
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Some of the first acts of the new Federal Assembly were to unify and standardize daily life in the country. In 1849 a uniform
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was chosen. The first Federal Council sat on 16 November 1848, composed entirely of Radicals (predecessors of the
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A federal central government was set up to which the cantons gave up certain parts of their sovereign rights. The
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had been imposed, that the Swiss had a central government instead of being simply a collection of autonomous
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The new constitution created, for the first time, Swiss citizenship in addition to cantonal citizenship.
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has its origins in the 18th century, but boomed during the 19th century, turning the village of
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for a one-year term, with the position rotating among the members of the Federal Council.
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dissolved it on 21 October 1847. A confederate army was raised against the members of the
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was made up of eleven members elected for three years by the Federal Assembly. The
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of 1815, §6, which forbade separate alliances, and the Radical majority in the
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emerged as a significant factor in Swiss economy with the foundation of the
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A federal university and a polytechnic school were to be founded. All
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capital of the newly created confederation), and on 28 November 1848
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opposing. The new constitution was declared on 12 September 1848.
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In 1850, the population was 59.3% Protestant and 40.6% Catholic
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them of determining the home of the Federal authorities (the
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into an industrial center. Rapid urban growth also enlarged
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was imposed to replace the cantonal currencies, while all
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At the end of the Sonderbund War, the Diet debated a new
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in 1841. When Lucerne, in retaliation, recalled the
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