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.
The Industrial Revolution moved people toward each other through urbanization and close-‐quartered urban life. The Industrial Revolution moved people away from their humanity as they dealt with unsanitary and/or unsafe living and working conditions.
One reason why the British soldiers fired on the Boston colonists during the Boston Massacre was because their were objects being thrown at them. These soldiers were harassed by an angry mob and hit by objects while protecting the Customs Office in Boston.
Another reason why the British soldiers fired on the colonists were because they were afraid of what might happen. Colonists, at this time, rebelled constantly against any symbol of the British government. This included tax collectors, who were tarred and feathered by colonists. These soldiers could have been worried that the colonists might attack them physically.
They should because people who work minimum wage still work hard and 7 to 9 dollars an hour just isn't good enough.
