How does the $1876$ Texas Constitution teach us about the importance of political

circumstances?

Delegates are rarely influenced by their political culture since states like Texas are too big to have a

dominant culture.

Delegates to constitutional conventions are always forward$-$thinking to improve their state.

Delegates most commonly rely on the United States Constitution for shaping state constitutions.

The delegates were concerned with righting the wrongs they had just experienced, such as too much

spending.