Unit 6 Vocabulary: Republic of Texas and Early Statehood 1836-1861

annexation – adding territory to existing territory

Manifest Destiny – idea that the United States should expand to include the territory from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean

compromise - an agreement in which both sides give up some demands

Colonization My Own sentence My Own Illustration _________________________

foreign relations – dealings between countries

domestic affairs – relating to issues within a home country

cession – something that is given up in a treaty, generally territory

Empresario My Own sentence My Own Illustration _________________________

debt - the state of owing money to someone or something

republic – a country that is governed by elected representatives and by an elected leader, rather than by a king or queen

Constitution My Own sentence My Own Illustration _________________________

federalism – the distribution of power in an organization (as a government) between a central authority and the states

dictatorship - a government or country in which total power is held by one person or a small group

abolish- to officially end or stop something, such as a law

Revolution My Own sentence My Own Illustration _________________________