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Texas Revolution
Texas Revolution Vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| democracy | ability for the people to have a say in the government |
| dictator | a person who has absolute power |
| empresario | a person given a land grant by the Mexican government to make a settlement and recruit people to live there |
| frontiersmen | a person who lives on the frontier |
| Tejano | a Mexican-born Texan |
| Texians | people living in Mexican Texas between 1821 and 1836 |
| annexation | to take over a territory and make it part of a larger territory |
| armistice | an agreement to stop fighting |
| cavalrymen | soldiers who fight on horseback |
| constitution | a written statement outlining the basic laws for a state or country |
| declaration | an announcement |
| delegates | people who represent other people at a meeting |
| export | to send goods out of a country |
| immigration | the act of moving to a new country |
| import | to bring goods into a country or state |
| mission | a religious and military outpost established by the Spanish during colonization |
| rancher | a person who raises livestock such as cattle or horses |
| recruit | to select or to get the service of someone |
| reinforcements | additional men used to build more strength |
| siege | a military strategy in which troops surround an area and cut off outside access to force a surrender |
| surrender | to give up |
| thriving | growing very well |
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