the state never treated most citizens rite until the 19th ammendment... srry:D
Local governments get their power from State constitutions as well as state laws. The idea of having a local government derived from England.
Local Government =) State constitutions can limit taxes only on private purposes.
Local governments get their power from State constitutions as well as state laws. The idea of having a local government derived from England.
Local governments get their power from State constitutions as well as state laws. The idea of having a local government derived from England.
In writing state constitutions, Americans were well aware of the problems that had led to the Revolution. Colonists had been unhappy with governors appointed by the British Crown. Thus, the new constitutions minimized the powers of state governors.
The people were led to writing state constitutions to limit the power of the governs because the governs thought that they could rule the their state they way they wanted. Also the people thought they weren't being treated right.
legislature executive
It creates two sovereigns, the national government and the state governments
state constitutions
Beacuse state constitutions give legislatures power to create local governments, which recieve charters, or grants of authority, to carry out a wide range of governmental responsibilities.
So that one person wouldn't have such power like the king in Britain had
The goals were not only to prevent abuses of power in the states, but to keep the power in the hands of the people.