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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 descent |
| coloization | the act or process of forming colonies |
| democracy | ability for the people to have a say in 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 |
| heritage | tradition and culture passed down at birth |
| house of Representative representatives | a group of elective official who have the power to make and pass laws |
| militia | A group of Citizen soldiers |
| minister | A government representative in foreign country |
| province | A District or region of a territory |
| Resolution | A formal expression of opinion |
| Sharpshooter | A person skilled in shooting a gun |
| Annexation | To take over a territory and make it part of a larger territory |
| armistice | an agreement to stop fihgting |
| cavalrymen | soldiers who fight on horseback |
| colonies | countries or areas under the control of another country ;a group of people living there |
| constitution | a written statement outlining the basic laws for a state or country |
| consultation | a meeting for the purpose of making decisions |
| 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 and recruit people to live there |
| export | to send goods out of a country or state |
| frontiersmen | people who live on the frontier |
| 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 |
| plantation | a type of large farm found in the southern united states |
| provinces | districts or regions of territory |
| rancher | a person who raises livestock such as cattle or horses |
| rebellion | open resistance to ones government |
| reinforcements | additional men used to build more strength |
| retreated | left a battlefield |
| revolution | an act of overthrowing and replacing one government with another |
| 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 |
| surrender | to give up |
| Tejanos | Mexican born Texan |
| Texians | people living in Mexican Texas between 1821 and 1836 |
| thriving | growing very well |
| transitions | the process of changing form one form to another |
Created by:
Allison kay
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