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Texas Revoulution
vocabulary game
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| alcade | the mayor or chief judge of a town |
| Anglo-Ameriecans | White Americans of a European descent |
| Colonization | the act or process of forming colonies |
| Constitution | 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 | Fight between two people |
| Empresarios | 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 pass 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 |
| plantation | A type of large farm found in the United states |
| province | a district or region of a territory |
| recruit | to select or to get the services of someone |
| resolution | a formal expression of opinion |
| revolution | an act of overthrowing and and replacing one government with a another |
| sharpsooter | a person skilled in shooting a gun |
| surrender | to give up |
| Tejano | a Mexican born Texas |
| Texians | people living in Mexico around 1821 and 1836 |
| annexation | to take over a territory and make it part of a larger territory |
| armisice | 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 decisions |
| declaration | an announcement |
| delegates | people who represent other people at meetings |
| export | to sen or state goods out of a country |
| immigration | the act of moving to a new coutry |
| import | to bring goods into a coutry or state |
| inspection | the act of carfeully looking over something |
| \mission | a religious and military outpost establishment by the Spanish during colonization |
| rancher | a person who raises livestock such as cattle or horses |
| rebellion | open resistance to ones govenment |
| reinforcements | l men used to build more strength |
| retreated | left a battle |
| secede | to leave a country and form a new government |
| siege | a military strategy in which troops surround an area and outside access to force a surrender |
| transitions | the processes of changing from one form to another |
| thriving | growing very well |
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graceyoungblood
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