Yellow (History)

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republicanism

republic. citizens can have a say

limited government

controlled usually by written constitution, making sure no branch overthrows another

judicial branch

interpret state laws, settle legal disputes, hearing civil cases, punishing criminals

supreme court

rule acts unconstitutional, can cancel laws, decide relevance of acts and laws

relations among states

recognize others' legitimate systems, respect and cooperate

national and state governments

mostly similar and equal besides forming alliances with other nations and training armies

2nd amendment

right to bear arms

7th amendment

right to trial by jury

13th amendment

abolishes slavery

19th amendment

prohibits the denial to vote based on sex

constitutional supremacy

constitution is held above any law

ratification of the constitution

voted on September 20, federalists began to publish articles

battle of gonzales

"come and take it", first fight of the tx revolution

capture of goliad

second fight of the tx revolution, texans attacked settlers in the early morning and mexicans surrendered

capture of san antonio

dec 5, mexican army was badly beaten

ben milam

leading figure in tx revolution, lead battles

grass fight

small battle, texans thought mexicans had silver but they really had grass to feed the cattle

consultation

convention of texans to discuss tensions with mexico

dec of nov 7 1835

accepted at consultation, declared taking up arms to defend their rights and liberties

provisional government

temporary, emergency government

Lamar's presidency

second president of Texas, Lamar did not like houston and wanted to be opposite and causeconflicts

lamar selects capital

chose austin because of central location

lamar's policies

people thought lamar's policies were a mess and were causing unneeded and unwanted conflicts