Hello! The answer to your question would be as followed:
Lawmakers <u><em>often compete to get</em></u> federal grants and contracts for their states.
Answer:
C
Texas Declares Independence from mexico
The individual that was not enlightened despot is : Louis XIV
He was more commonly known as Louis the great. He was a monarch of house bourbon and he ruled as the king of france from 1643 until he finally die in 1715
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