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| 2. | the branch of the United States government that has the power of legislating |
| 4. | the new constitution, the republic took the name of United Mexican States, and was defined as a representative federal republic, with Catholicism as the official and unique religion |
| 5. | The state of being free within society from oppressive restrictions imposed by authority on one's way of life. |
| 6. | Representative democracy is a form of government founded on the principle of elected individuals representing the people, as opposed to... |
| 7. | Many philosophers and political scientists make a distinction between natural rights and legal rights.. |
| 9. | this area had a lot of natural resources |
| 10. | a military post or fortified settlement in an area under Spanish control |
| 11. | this region begin at the balcones escarpment and extends west as far as the caprock escarpment |
| 12. | machine that separates the seeds from raw cotton fibers |
| 14. | An official statement of a complaint over something believed to be wrong or unfair. |
| 18. | After Texas independence, he was elected vice-president, in Houston's administration, of the Republic of Texas. He then ran and became the second president of the republic. |
| 19. | the branch of the United States government that is responsible for carrying out the laws |
| 23. | he was elected president of the Republic of Texas. He held this position until Texas' annexation, when he surrendered the executive office to Governor Henderson, who had been elected the first Governor of the State of Texas. |
| 25. | A written record of this. |
| 29. | The separation of powers, is a model for the governance of both democratic & federative states. The model was first developed in... |
| 30. | supplying dry land with water by means of ditches etc. |
| 31. | A self-contained district or community within a town or city, regarded as having features characteristic of village life. |
| 32. | a land claimed for and controlled by a distant nation |
| 34. | the act of adding or joining a territory to an existing onbr |
| 35. | Having no fixtures, furniture, or inhabitants; empty |
| 38. | to surrender by treaty or agreement |
| 39. | the branch of the United States government responsible for the administration of justice. |
| 40. | a nation or state in which people elect representatives to govern them |
| 42. | A convert may be someone who has voluntarily changed their religion, for instance from Christianity to Islam. |