A document that lays out the principles and responsibilities of government and specifies the powers of the branches of government and elected officials is usually referred to as a
constitution
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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| A document that lays out the principles and responsibilities of government and specifies the powers of the branches of government and elected officials is usually referred to as a | constitution |
| A formal declaration of the rights of the citizens within government is usually referred to as a | bill of rights |
| A form of government in which people rule indirectly through elected representatives is called | republic |
| A government run by a single individual, often a king or queen, until death or abdication is called a | monarchy |
| An agreement in which the governed give up freedoms in return for government protection is referred to as a | social contract |
| A system that vests political, judicial, and policymaking authority in different branches of government adheres to | separation of powers |
| Authority over a political entity, such as a province or a state is the definition of | sovereignty |
| in the 1836 Constitution there were hints of | aversion to centralized power distrust of executive authority |
| In the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries political thinkers rejected the idea of a “divine right” of kings and instead argued that government should depend on the | “consent of the governed” |
| The 1836 Texas Constitution borrowed heavily from the U.S. Constitution, with several exceptions, which of the following is a difference between the two constitutions | no member of the clergy was eligible to serve in elected office in the Texas |
| The “father of Texas” who traveled to Mexico City to request the continuation of his father's colony in Mexico and served as an empresario for the Anglo settlers was named | Stephen F. Austin |
| The Mexican government promised to protect the liberty, property, and civil rights of all “foreigners” and in turn asked them to | profess the Roman Catholic faith |
| The Mexican president who took steps to centralize power in 1835 by sending his vice president into exile, disbanding Congress and dissolving the state legislatures was named | Santa Anna |
| The “statehood constitution” was created after Texas formally joined the United States. It was passed in what year | 1845 |
| The Texas Constitution of 1836 included a Declaration of Rights which outlined several unimpeachable liberties including | freedom to worship freedom of speech the right to bear arms |
| Two themes that are woven into the many constitutions that have governed Texas have been | individual rights and separation of powers |
| Which of the following was included into the 1836 Constitution | prohibition of monopolies for businesses |
| Which of the following were included in the Texas Declaration of Independence as a grievance against the Mexican government | citizens forced to alter their religion by adopting Catholicism refused right to trial by jury incarceration with no just cause of Stephen F. Austin |
| Who was President of the United States when Texas was admitted as a state? | James K. Polk |
| Debate over the 1845 Constitution included | a spirited debate of voting rights |