According to Chenoweth and Stephan, what factor is often key to the success of both violent and nonviolent resistance campaigns?

County commissioners in Texas perform both legislative and executive functions

Indicate whether this statement is true or false.

As the American colonies transformed themselves into sovereign states, republican sentiment was so strong in many of them that the _____ became all-powerful

A) legislatures B) courts C) executive branches D) state governments E) bureaucracies