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

2. annexation –
adding territory to existing territory

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

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

5. Colonization
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6. foreign relations –
dealings between countries

7. domestic affairs –
relating to issues within
a home country

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

9. Empresario
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10. debt -
the state of owing money to someone or something

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

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

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

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

16. Revolution
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