State Constitutions In Colonial America
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Before 1763, Britain was not deeply involved in the daily business of colonial governments. One reason for this was that many changes were taking place in English politics and society. In the beginning many of the colonies were considered the personal property of the king.(Hakim,56) However, d ....
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.... when Britain stated trying to limit their power. (Alderman, 103)
Finally, after a long series of events, the Americans con their independence from Britain in October 1781.(Hakim, 71) The United States constitution was written shortly after the United states switched to a bicameral system of government, and it expressed the powers of the central government. As a result of this Each of the states also needed to write constitutions of their own.(Alderman, 109)
Each state has a constitution ....
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