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Texas Revolution
Texan/Mexican Revolution
Term | Definition |
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Annexation | To take over a territory and make it part of a larger territory |
Armistise | An agreement to stop fighting |
Cavalrymen | Soldiers who fight on horseback |
Colonies | Countries or areas under the control of another country;a group of people living there |
Consulation | A meeting for the purpose of making desicions |
Declaration | An announcement |
Delegates | People who represent other people at a meeting |
Export | To send goods out of a country or state |
Immagration | 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 |
Plantation | A type of large farm found in the Southern United States |
Rancher | A person who raises livestock such as cattle or horses |
Rebelion | Open resistance to one's government |
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 from one form to another |
Acalde | The mayor or chief judge of a town |
Anglo-Americans | White Americans of European desent |
Colonazation | The act or process of forming colonies |
Consitution | 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 who has absolute power |
Duels | A fight between two people |
Empresario | A person given land grant by the Mexican government to make a settlement and recruit people to live there |
Frontiersman | A person who lives on the frontier |
Herritage | Tradition and culture passed down at birth |
House of Representatives | A group of elected officials who have the power to make and pass laws |
Militia | A group of citizen soldiers |
Minister | A government representative in a foreign country |
Province | A district or region of a territory |
Recruit | To select or get the services out of someone |
Resolution | A formal expression or opinion |
Revolution | An act of overthrowing a government and replace it with a new one |
Sharpshooter | A person skilled with a gun |
Tejano | A Mexican-born Texan |
Texian | People living in Mexican-Texas between 1821 and 1836 |
Surrender | To give up |