Why was the constitution of Maine written?

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A constitution, whether for a state or country, is enacted to establish fundamental laws and principles of a government. Its purpose is to implement a system for the governing of a state or country. A constitution sets basic laws such as the protection of equal rights of all individuals. Depending on the issue, these laws can be contained in the original constitution or in the amendments.

In particular, the Maine constitution was written:

for religious freedom
to establish justice for the state of Maine

The preamble of Maine's Constitution spells it out: "Objects of government. We the people of Maine, in order to establish justice, insure tranquility, provide for our mutual defense, promote our common welfare, and secure to ourselves and our posterity the blessings of liberty, acknowledging with grateful hearts the goodness of the Sovereign Ruler of the Universe in affording us an opportunity, so favorable to the design; and, imploring God's aid and direction in its accomplishment, do agree to form ourselves into a free and independent State, by the style and title of the State of Maine and do ordain and establish the following Constitution for the government of the same."

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