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social studies
Question | Answer |
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Annexation | to take over a territory and make it part of a lager territory. |
Armistice | an agreement to stop fighting |
Cavalrymen | soldiers who fight on horseback |
Contituton | a written statement outlining the basic laws for a state or country |
Declaration | an announcement |
Delegates | people who represents other people at a meeting |
Empresarios | people given land grants by the Mexican government to make a settlement and recruit people to live there. |
export | to send goods out of a country. |
Frontiersmen | people who live on the frontier. |
Immigration | the act of moving to a new country. |
import | to bring in to a country or state. |
Mission | a religious and military outpost established by the Spanish during colonization. |
Recruit | to select or get the services 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. |
Tejano | Mexican-born Texans. |
Thriving | growing very well. |
Democracy | ability for the people to have a say in government. |
Dictator | a person who has absolute power. |
Surrender | to give up. |