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SS Vocab April
Question | Answer |
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Annexation | To take over a territory and make it larger. |
Armistice | An agreement to stop fighting. |
Cavalrymen | Soldiers who fight on HORSEBACK. |
Constiution | A written statement with the basic laws for a country or state. |
Declaration | An announcement. |
Delegates | People who represent other people at a meeting |
Empresarios | People given land grants by the Mexican Government to make a settlement for people to live on there land . |
Export | To send goods out of a country or state. |
Frontiersmen | A person who lives on the frontier |
Immiagration | People coming to a new country. |
Import | To bring goods into a country or state. |
Mission | A religious and military outpost ruled by the Spanish Government. |
Rancher | A person who raises livestock such as cattle and horses. |
Recruit | to select services of get the services of someone. |
Reinforcement | Additional men used to build more strength. |
Siege | A military strategy in which troops surround a area and cut off outside to force a surrender. |
Surrender | To GIVE UP |
Tejanos | Mexican born Texan. |
Texains | people living in Mexican Texas between 1821-1836 |
Thriving | Growing very well. |
Democracy | The ability for people to have a say in government. |
Dictator | A person who has absolute power. |