Branches
Which branch makes the laws?
Legislative
What is the state flower?
Bluebonnet
What is the purpose of the Texas Declaration of Independence?
To formally separate in order to from a free country.
What is the purpose of both the Texas and American Constitution?
To establish the government and the laws
What is the comparison made of the Texas Constitution to sports?
The rule book.
Which branch upholds the law and has the power to veto?
Executive
What is the state bird?
Mockingbird
Who was Texas trying to separate from?
Mexico
Fill in the blank.
The mockingbird is to Texas as _______ is to America.
Bald Eagle
What is the state sport?
Rodeo
Which branch determines if a law is unjust or has been broken?
Judicial
What is the state song?
"Texas our Texas"
What year was the Texas Declaration of Independence written and signed?
March 2, 1836
Fill in the blank.
Bluebonnet is to Texas as a ______ is to America.
Rose
What does petition mean?
Make requests to the leaders or government
Why do we need a three branch system of government?
Checks and balances.
What is the state motto?
Friendship
Give at least three reasons why the people of Texas wanted to declare independence?
1. Denied their right to vote
2. Governmental control over property
3. No religious freedom
4. Had a dictatorship (wanted a republic)
5. No right to trial by jury
Who's name belongs in this blank?
Donald Trump is to the national executive branch as _______ is to the state executive branch.
Greg Abbott
Tejanos means what?
The Spanish word for 'Texan'
What does it mean to veto something?
To deny or cancel
What is the state reptile?
Horned lizard
Explain what this means: “In this expectation they have been cruelly disappointed, inasmuch as the Mexican nation has acquiesced in the late changes made in the government by General Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna, who having overturned the constitution of his country, now offers us the cruel alternative, either to abandon our homes, acquired by so many privations, or submit to the most intolerable of all tyranny, the combined despotism of the sword and the priesthood.”
Santa Anna took over the government and said put up with it or leave.
How are the purposes of the Texas Declaration of Independence and the American Declaration of independence similar and different?
Similar: They both are declaring independence from a nation they feel is unfair.
Different: They are declaring independence from 2 different nations and 2 different types of government.
What branch is composed of the house of Representatives and the Senate at both the state and federal level?
Legislative