USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Texas was able to take more care when drafting its first state constitution. Adopted just before annexation, the Constitution of 1845 set forth Texas law in a simple and straightforward manner. Constitutional scholars consider it to have been one of the best-drafted state constitutions.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Constitution of the Republic of Texas (1836), the first Anglo-American constitution to govern Texas, was drafted by a convention of fifty-nine delegates who assembled at Washington-on-the-Brazos on March 1, 1836 (see CONVENTION OF 1836).

Detailed explanation-3: -On January 5, 1776, New Hampshire’s provincial congress adopted the first state constitution.

Detailed explanation-4: -The changes from the 1845 Constitution were minimal and consisted mainly of revising terminology to reflect Texas’ membership in the Confederacy. This temporary constitution was adopted immediately after the end of the Civil War when Texas was under the jurisdiction of the federal government.