I would say that yes, generally, state governments are set up the same as the federal government.
For example, they have a separation of powers into executive, legislative and judicial, and most states have a bi-cameral legislitive branch, similarly to the federal government.
True!
By voting on representatives to represent them in government
There are four basic types of legislation: bills; joint resolutions; concurrent resolutions; and simple resolutions.
It was Thomas Hooked but replace the d with an r
In the Declaration of Independence the argument for freedom from British rule is based primarily on the social contract theory of the government that was developed by John Locke. According to this theory, the people had the right to select a new government because the existing government was not serving the people.