The Provisional Government reflected the Korean people's desire to regain national independence from Japanese occupation. The Provisional Government enacted a visional constitutuin according to the noble spirit of independence inherited from the Sam-il (March 1st) Independence Movement. In addition, the Provisional Government adopted a constituitional democratic republic system, whose premise was on a separation of power. Accordingly, the Provisional Government appointed an executive body, cabinet members, as well as an organized provisional legislative body. Therefore, the Provisional Government became the first government whose citizens have sovereignty in Korean history. Although it began as a government in exile, the Provisional Government exercised its national sovereignty as the sole legitimate regime of Korea. Until the day of independence, the Provisional Government had fulfilled its role for 27 years as the spirital leader of the Korean people and as a centripetal entity of the independence movement. The Provisional Government unified various independence movements at home and abroad, organized an army and declared war against Japan.