Stored official government documents and records

A tax on imported goods

The amount of money a nation's government owes

To change a constitution or law

Money that a government collects

A group of people who serve as advisers to the head of a government

A written plan of government

Rule by the people

A form of government in which people elect representatives to create and enforce laws

A form of government in which power is divided between the federal, or national, government and state governments

Constitutional principle that gives each branch of government the ability to limit the power of other branches

Constitutional principle that divides power among different branches of government

Constitutional principle that recognizes people's fundamental rights

Constitutional principle that ensures that government powers are limited in order to protect individual rights

The incorporating of a country or territory into another country or territory

A form of government run by elected representatives; a government in which the people elect representatives to make governmental decisions

Elected first president of the Republic of Texas, and he served another term after Maribeau Lamar.

Last president of the Republic of Texas when Texas would be annexed by the U.S.

Second president of the Republic of Texas ( he was the VP under Sam Houston in 1836)