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Texas Revoloution
Vocabulary game
Term | Definition |
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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 |
constitution | A written statement outlining the basic laws by state or country |
Consultation | A meeting for 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 make a settlement in recruit people live there |
Export | To send goods from out of a country state |
Frontiersmen | People who live on the frontier |
Immigration | The act of moving into a new country |
Import | To bring goods into a country or state |
Inspection | The act of carefully looking over something |
Miltlia | A group of citizen soldiers |
Mission | A religious and military outpost established by the Spanish during colonazation |
Plantation | A type of large farm found in the Southern United States |
Provinces | Districts or Regions of a territory |
Rancher | A person who raises livestock such as cattle or horses |
Rebellion | Open resistance to one's government |
Recruit | To select or get services from someone |
Reinforcements | Additional men used to build more strength |
Retreated | Left a battle feild |
Revoloution | An act of overthrowing or replacing one government with another |
Secede | To leave a country and start a new government |
Siege | A military strategy in which troops surround an area and cut of outside access to force a surrender |
Surrender | To give up |
Tejanos | Mexican born Texans |
Texians | People living in Mexican Texas between 1821 and 1836 |
Thriving | Growing very well |
Transitions | The process of changing from one form to another |
Alcade | The mayor, chief, or judge of a town |
Anglo- americans | White Americans of European descent |
Colonazation | The act or process of forming colonies |
Democracy | Ability for people to have a say in government |
Dictator | A person who has absolute power |
Duels | Fights between two people |
Heritage | Tradition and culture passed down at birth |
House of Representatives | A group of elective officials who have the power to make and pass laws |
Minister | A government representative in a foreign country |
Resoloution | A formal expression of opinion |
Sharpshooter | A person skilled at shooting a gun |