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SS Vocab April
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 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. |