Two Constitutions: A Comparison
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US Constitution featuring the words We the PeopleIn many ways, the U.S. and Texas Constitutions are similar documents. They both embody the principles of representative democratic government, in which sovereignty emanates from the people. Both contain a bill of rights that protects civil liberties from government infringement… both provide for a bicameral legislature with a House of Representatives and a Senate… both seek a system of checks and balances and separation of powers between legislative, executive, and judicial branches of government… and both divide government power between upper and lower levels of government. In the U.S. Constitution the states are subordinate to the federal government, and in the Texas Constitution the counties are subordinate to the state government. But beyond these general features, the two constitutions could not be more different. These differences result from the fact that the two documents arose out of very different historical circumstances and for radically opposite complaints with the document each was meant to replace. With the U.S. Constitution, the problem with the earlier Articles of Confederation was that government was too decentralized and not powerful enough. The U.S. Constitution was designed to overcome these weaknesses and offer a degree of centralization and increased government power. But this is precisely what the Texas Constitution was designed to reverse and avoid. The framers of the U.S. Constitution wanted to enable government action; the framers of the Texas Constitution wanted to paralyze government action.
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Henry VIII caused Phillip of Spain to send the Spanish Armada was not caused by King Henry. I hope this helps.
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The answer is C.
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"One result of improvements in infrastructure and affordable transportation in the 1950s was the mass movement of people to the suburbs. The post WWII economy led to the construction of new roads and highways and the production of affordable cars. These factors led to cultural change in the United States by enabling people to live away from the cities but still access their benefits."
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These are three of Wilson´s 14 points:
- Open covenants of peace, openly arrived at.
- Freedom of the seas.
- An indedependent Poland.
Secret pacts with secret clauses were a common practive of European diplomacy; president Woodrow Wilson was against this practice.
Freedom of navigation and of the seas have always been important for an economic and major naval power like the USA.
Poland disappeared from the map of Europe by the end of the 18th century, but it was a large nation and such a proposal would be in agreeement with the principle of self-determination backed by Wilson.
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