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Texas revolution
social studies vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| alcalde | The mayor or chief judge of a town |
| anglo-Amaricans | White Amaricans of European decsent |
| colonization | The act or process of forming colonies |
| constitution | A written statement outlining the basic laws of a state country |
| democracy | Ability for people to have a say in the goverment |
| dictator | A person with absolute power |
| duels | A fight between two people |
| emprisario | A person given a land grant by the mexican goverment to start a settlement and reqruit people to live there |
| frontiersmen | A person who lives on the frontier |
| heritage | Tradition or culture passed down at birth |
| house of reprisentatives | A group of elected officals that have the power to make and pass down laws |
| militia | A group of citizen soldiers |
| minister | A goverment representative from an foregin country |
| Plantation | A type of large farm found in the Southern United States |
| Province | In District or region of a territory |
| Recruit | To select or get the services of someone |
| resolution | A formal expression of opinion |
| Revolution | An act of overthrowing a government and replacing it with another one |
| sharpshooter | A person skilled at shooting a gun |
| surreder | To give up |
| tejano | A Mexican born Texan |
| texian | People living in Mexican Texas beetween 1821 and 1836 |
| annexation | To take over a territory an make it part of a larger territory |
| armistice | An agreement to stop fighting |
| cavalrymen | Soldiers who fight on horseback |
| colonies | Countrys or areas under the control on anoter country |
| consultation | A meeting for the porpose of making desicions |
| declaration | An anouncement |
| 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 carrfully looking over something |
| mission | A military and religous outpost established by the spanish during colonization |
| rancher | A person who raises livestock such as cattle or horses |
| rebellion | Open resistance to one's goverment |
| reinforcements | Additional men used to build more strength |
| retreated | Left a battlefield |
| secede | To leave a country and form a new goverment |
| seige | A military stratigy in which troops surround an area and cut off outside acsess to force a surrender |
| thriving | Growing very well |
| transitions | To change from one form to another |
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