Passage
After the ending of the Theater War, in February 1789 Gustav summoned the Riksdag of the Estates and placed an Act of Union and Security before them. Three of the four estates accepted it, but the Nobles rejected it. However Gustav proclaimed that it was constitutional law anyway.
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