"[Although the] State of Coahuila and Texas is a part of the Federation, [it is] equal to the other States of which the same is composed, and it is free, sovereign, and independent in whatever exclusively relates to the internal administration" - Article 2 of Decree No. 1, Constitution of the States of Coahuila and Texas (1827) What constitutional principle does this Article best represent?

Early 18th century british industries were generally small scale and relatively unsophisticated. most textile production, for example, was centred on small workshops or in the homes of spinners, weavers and dyers: a literal ‘cottage industry’ that involved thousands of individual manufacturers. such small-scale production was also a feature of most other industries, with different regions specialising in different products: metal production in the midlands, for example, and coal mining in the north-east.two illustrations of 18t