Republic of Texas vocabulary

Amend

To change a constitution or law

Capitol

A building where the legislative body of a republic, state or country meets

Public debt

The amount of money, a nations government owes

tariff

a tax imported on goods

Expenditure

Money spent

Revenue

Money that a government collects

Annexation

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

frontier

Undeveloped land that lies beyond the border of settled territory

cabinet

a group of people who serve as advisors to the head of government

diplomat

a person who represents a nations government in its relations with another nations government

public land

land owned by the government

Redback

Paper money issued during the Lamar presidency to help resolve the republic‘s large state debt

suspend

to stop something temporarily

Archive

Stored official government documents, and records