The main reason why democracy is called a government by discussion and persuasion is because the "majority opinion" of the voting base makes up policy at the state level, and in order to shift a majority opinion it often requires large amounts of debate and discussion of the issues at hand.
<span>We can demonstrate the differences in the perspectives about Texas and its independence with historically accurate facts through a timeline.
The Texas Declaration of Independence was drafted </span><span>1836 at Washington-on-the-Brazos. It was presided by 59 delegates aiming to outline a plan for a new republic.</span>