Unit 10 Vocab (7th)

a decision

• resolution

• annexation

• legislature

a territory that becomes part of a larger country

• resolution

• annexation

• legislature

a group of elected people who make new laws

• resolution

• annexation

• legislature

Houston wanted Texas to become a state in the United States. He asked President Polk to pass a ____ for Texas to become a state.

• resolution

• annexation

• legislature

The constitution had rules for who could hold office in the state government and it set taxes to pay for public schools. Most important, it said how the government would be set up. A ____ would meet every two years to make new laws.

• resolution

• annexation

• legislature

Sam Houston did not think Texas should stay a republic. He wanted ____ so that Texas could join the United States.

• resolution

• annexation

• legislature