Which of the following are known as the three principles of a democracy?

A) regular elections, a constitution, and the protection of the rights of its citizens.

B) to establish justice, promote general welfare, insure domestic tranquillity.

C) seperation of powers, checks and balances, and limited government.

Why were presidents andrew jackson and martin van buren unwilling to annex texas? a. they did not want texas to be admitted to the union as a slave state. b. they feared that the annexation of texas as a slave state would lead to political problems within the union. c. they thought that texas was too large to be admitted to the union as one state. d. they did not believe in the idea of manifest destiny.