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Texas Revolution
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| alcalde | the mayor or chief judge of a town |
| Anglo americans | white Americans of European descent |
| colonization | the act or process |
| constitution | a written statement outlining the basic laws for a state or country |
| democracy | ability for the people to have a say in government |
| dictator | a person with absolute power |
| duels | fights between two people |
| empresario | a person given a land grant by the Mexican government to make a settlement and recruit people to live there. |
| frontiersman | a person who lives on the frontier |
| heritage | tradition and culture passed down at birth |
| House of Representatives | a group of elected official who have the power to make and pass laws |
| militia | a group of citizen soldiers |
| minister | a government representative in a foreign country |
| plantation | a type of large farm found in the southern United States |
| province | a district or region of territory |
| recruit | to select or get the services of someone |
| resolution | a formal expression or opinion |
| revolution | an act of overthrowing and replacing on government with another |
| sharpshooter | a person skilled in shooting a gun |
| surrender | to give up |
| 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 |
| colonies | country or areas under the control of another country;a group of people living there |
| consulation | a meeting for the purpose of making descisions |
| declaration | an announcement |
| delegates | people who represent other people at a meeting |
| export | to send goods out of a country or state |
| immigration | the act of moving to a new country |
| import | to bring goods into a country or state |
| inspection | the act of carefully looking over something |
| mission | a religious and military outpost established by the Spanish during colonization |
| rebellion | open resistance to one's government |
| rancher | a person who raises livestock such as cattle or horses |
| reinforcements | additional men used to build more strength |
| retreated | left a battlefield |
| secede | to leave a country and form a new government |
| siege | a military strategy in which troops surround an area and cut off outside access to force a surrender |
| thriving | growing very well |
| transitions | the process of changing one form to another |
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