StudySpace: We the People ed. 6

The First Texas Constitutions

• The Constitution of Coahuila y Tejas, 1827
• The Constitution of the Republic of Texas, 1836
• The Texas State Constitution of 1845
• The Constitution of 1861: Texas Joins the Confederacy
• The Constitution of 1866: Texas Rejoins the Union
• The Reconstruction Constitution of 1869

The Constitution of 1876

The Constitution of Texas Today        

• The Preamble
• Article I: Bill of Rights
• Article II: The Powers of Government
• Article III: Legislative Department
• Article IV: Executive Department
• Article V: Judicial Department
• Article VI: Suffrage
• Article VII: Education
• Article VIII: Taxation and Revenue
• Articles IX and XI: Local Government
• Articles X, XII, XIII, and XIV
• Article XV: Impeachment
• Article XVI: General Provisions
• Article XVII: Amending the Constitution

Recent Attempts to Rewrite the Texas Constitution

• Sharpstown and the Failed Constitutional Reforms of 1974
• The 1999 Ratliff-Junell Proposal
• The 2003 and 2005 Amendments

Conclusion: Thinking Critically about the Texas Constitution

 

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