False, Great Britan owned many empires across the world, stemming the phrase.
Republic of Texas.
Texas was not a state yet and the Alamo had not occurred yet, and the borders were only created after the war was over
If this is an opinionated question then I think yes because the government is what “runs” the states. Without the federal government then we would not really have defense. We need a department of defense. We need our federal government; it’s composed of the legislative executive and judicial branches of government. We need all them