Martial Law and the Theatrical Presentation: Pagsambang Bayan

Instead, many people just owned small gardens near their homes where they could plant and grow crops. This led to a weak economy because they ended up not having a lot of food leftover for trade.

By the late 1800s, America was transitioning from an economy based on agriculture to one based on industry. Although this transformation made the United Stated richer and more powerful than it had ever been before, it caused farmers to face numerous problems to which they found themselves unable to successfully overcome. Even though many farmers moved into the industrial workforce, the ones who wished to continue agricultural work faced problems such as overproduction and tariff policies. Also, the farmers lost their political power due to the decreased focus on agriculture.

John Koren see that the aftermath of using force will be the same as the aftermath of the French Revolution and even terrorists, desolation, revolt, common ruin, and infinite sorrow (53). If the government is resulting to such means as force, then clearly this law is not meant to be. There is no hope for people to obey the law with force (53). Publicly, there will be lawlessness with endless crimes and corruption. Privately, extreme rebellion towards the government and the law (53).

The word constitution means fundamental law, law determining the fundamental political principles of a government. The U.S Constitution is the fundamental law for the United States, which means the Texas Constitution the fundamental law for the state of Texas. Most constitutions for the states are back up by the U.S Constitution, which means the two constitutions have similarities and differences. First, Texas constitution was written in 1827 and was rewritten six times until the Texas constitution of 1876 was passed down. There are many similarities and differences when comparing and contrasting the constitutions of Texas and New York constitutions.

It led to economic problems and a lack of food or jobs. These in turn

After the end of the Civil War, the farmers who were in the South and plains states had suffered economic and social conditions. The main source of problems were from a decrease in the prices caused from overproduction and growing competition for world markets. Farmers believed the system was becoming

Problems of postwar agriculture as the various crops struggled to wriggle their way out from infancy once more, leaving all production lacking

Because of an uneven distribution of food, revolts arose around Latin America. Creoles and Peninsulares had a decent amount of land depending on their wealth, but the peasants were not equivalent. The Simulation revealed the peasants had little to no land, but it was one of their only ways of providing for their families. This spawned trouble because they were frustrated about the unfair divide in resources and that peninsulares were wealthy and abundant, but they could barely provide for their families. A second piece of data is from the DBQ. ”,In 1808-09 drought produced a great mortality among Mexico’s livestock and decimated [destroyed] the harvest… Food prices tripled.” (Document D, Paragraph 1). This shows poverty-stricken people struggling with food

     High prices forced farmers to concentrate on one crop. The large-scale farmers bought expensive machines, increasing their crop yield. This caused the smaller farmers to be left behind. The small farmers could no longer compete and were forced give up their farms and look for jobs in the cities. The smaller farmers

This left the American farmers over-producing, because they were not seling any of their produce. Many farmers ended up being deeply in debt, and they were not making any money. In the end many farmers could not afford to keep their farms, so the were taken away. But the farmers did not have the skills required to get another job. Another big problem in America was prohibition.

Following the recommendations of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank, the government undertook economic policy reforms to rejuvenate the economy from 1983. However, the structural adjustment programmes (SAPs) worsened, rather than improved the economy. Agricultural and manufacturing outputs and exports failed to increase significantly. This was attributed to the inadequate incentives for farmers due to uncompetitive exports of manufactures, high inflation, unemployment, and rising external debts.

The government did not rely completely on these economic policies to keep their people on the farms.

Introduction Although many still think of the Philippines as an agricultural economy, strictly speaking, it is not. Agriculture, fishery and forestry directly account for just one-fifth (20 percent) of the economy’s aggregate domestic output (GDP). Ever since the 1960s, the direct share of agriculture in the GDP had fallen below one-third, and by 1981, the sector’s share had decreased to only 23 percent. Growth from this level was rather anemic, averaging 1.7 percent per annum during the period 1981-2003, compared to the average overall GDP growth of 2.6% over the same period. While agriculture output was largely

In 1972, President Ferdinand E. Marcos (1965-86) declared martial law, citing growing lawlessness and open rebellion by the communist rebels as his justification. Marcos governed from 1973 until mid-1981 in accordance with the transitory provisions of a new constitution that replaced the commonwealth constitution of 1935. He suppressed democratic institutions and restricted civil liberties during the martial law period, ruling largely by decree and popular referenda. The government began a process of political normalization during 1978-81, culminating in the reelection of President Marcos to a 6-year term that would have ended in 1987. The Marcos government's respect for human rights remained low despite the end of martial law on January 17, 1981. His government retained its wide arrest and detention powers. Corruption and favoritism contributed to a serious decline in economic growth and development under Marcos.

Unemployment, much like wages, was a major factor which added to the unrest of the public leading up to the riots. One of the causes for some of the unemployment was the establishment of many large modern sugar factories. These factories not only replaced windmills but with their increased efficiency reduced the harvesting period from 5 to 3 months. The period between harvesting and the start of the new season was referred to as hard time because it was very hard to find employment to be able to support one’s family. With these modern factories came revised methods of agriculture which meant there was less need for workers and resulted in some workers being laid off, only adding to the many unemployed people in Barbados. Unemployment left many families and individuals in a state of despair which led to lawlessness and in some instances crime.