Texas was claimed after the Spanish war
self incriminate is the answer
This policy created by John Hay was known as the Open Door Policy.
The goal of this policy would be to allow European countries and America to trade with China on an equal basis. John Hay wanted to ensure that no one country had a monopoly on the trade with China during the early 20th century. Along with this, he felt that the Open Door policy would result in less fights/confrontation between the countries involved in this trade.
Poor/slaves - Depending on who is their master, they may have almost no rights to large amounts of rights. If they have a 'horrible' master, they are usually worked to the bone and did not have any 'extras', for example being able to go view games, etc. If they have a 'good' master, they get treated well, and have the 'extras'.
consule- A consul is one of two annually elected chief magistrates of the Roman republic
Empire- Usually is the royal family, or the Caesar family, these usually have their titles passed down through family(?), unless there is a coup, and another family takes it over (which happened often towards the end of the empire)
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