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TX - Early Statehood
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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| admission | permission given to enter a place |
| treaty | a written agreement between countries in which they agree to do specific things |
| cession or cede | to give control of something to another person, group, government, etc. |
| compromise | people wanting different things reach an agreement by both giving up something they originally wanted |
| immigration | the coming of people into a country in order to live and work there |
| diverse or diversity | made up of many different things |
| Constitution | official plan for governing a country or a state |
| Three branches of Texas government (modeled after three branches of US government | Executive branch enforces the laws Legislative branch makes the laws Judicial branch determines constitutionality of laws |
| limited government | government is not all powerful - it is limited by rule of law |
| checks and balances | each branch of government has controls (checks) over the other two branches |
| federalism | power is divided between national government and state government |
| separation of powers | power within the national government is divided among the 3 branches |
| popular sovereignty | ultimate power rests with the citizens |
| republicanism | people use their power by choosing representatives to act or speak on their behalf |
| individual rights | freedom, protection, and equality are guaranteed to people in the Constitution, Bill of Rights, and laws that are created. |