baron de Montesquieu admired a mixed government due to the division of power between the various divisions. He admired governments with the monarch as the head and a body representing the people that also acted to check the powers of the monarch to avoid abuse
After being passed by both houses of Congress, a constitutional amendment must still be passed by 3/4ths of the states. After it is passed by Congress and the states, it still must be approved by the US President. This is because the president has the power to veto any law passed by Congress. If the president vetoes (stops it from becoming a law) the amendment, the veto can be overrode by another vote in Congress.
A series of ineffective strikes and disagreements between the leaders weakened the influence the KoL had.
The battle of Concepcion was the first true and major armed conflict of the Texas Revolution/secession from Mexico. It took place on October 28th of 1835 around what became San Antonio Texas. The Rebel Texans were led by James Fannin and the Famed Jim Bowie. The same Jim Bowie that the Bowie knife is named after. The Texans were the victors as they drove the Mexican Army back and sustained minimal losses.The Mexican Army sustained a few dozen killed while the Texans lost only a man
