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Texas Revolution
Vocabulary Game
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Alcalde | The mayor or chief judge of a town |
| Anglo-Americans | White Americans of European decent |
| Colonization | The act or process of forming colonies |
| Constitution | A written statement outlining the basic laws of a state or country |
| Democracy | Ability for the people to have a say in the government |
| Dictator | A person who has absolute power |
| Duels | Fights between two people |
| Empresario | A person given a land grant by the Mexican government to make a settlement and recruit people to live there |
| Frontiersman | A person who lives on the frontier |
| Heritage | Tradition and culture passed down at birth |
| House of Representatives | Group of elective officials who have the power to pass and make laws |
| Militia | A group of citizen soldiers |
| Minister | A government representative in a foreign country |
| Plantation | A large type of farm found in the Southern United States |
| Province | A 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 and replacing one government with another |
| Sharpshooter | A person skilled in shooting a gun |
| Surrender | To give up |
| Tajano | A Mexican-born Texan |
| Texians | People living in Mexican Texas between 1821 and 1836 |
| Annexation | to take over a territory and make it part of a larger territory |
| Armistice | 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 |
| Consultation | A meeting for the purpose of making decision |
| Decloration | An announcement |
| Delegates | People who represent other people at a meeting |
| Export | To send goods out of a state or country |
| Immigration | 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 |
| Rancher | A person who raises livestock such as cattle or horses |
| Rebellion | Open resistance to one's government |
| Reinforcements | Additional men used to build more strength |
| Retreated | Left a battlefield |
| Secede | To leave a country and start 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 processes of changing from one form to another |