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TX History Ch. 10
Steps Toward Independence
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| MILITARY | THE ARMED FORCES |
| SCHEDULE | TO PLAN TO DO SOMETHING ON A CERTAIN DATE |
| COMMITTEE OF CORRESPONDENCE | A LOCAL GROUP FORMED TO SHARE POLITICAL AND MILITARY INFORMATION WITH OTHER COMMUNITIES. |
| PARLEY | A BRIEF TRUCE BETWEEN ENEMIES SO BOTH PARTIES CAN DISCUSS ISSUES. |
| SIEGE | A MILITARY BLOCKADE IF A CITY OR FORTRESS. |
| ADOPTED | TO ACCEPT FORMALLY |
| TRANSPORT | TO CARRY OR MOVE OBJECTS FROM PLACE TO PLACE |
| VETO | TO REJECT A BILL PASSED BY THE LEGISLATURE |
| CAMPAIGN | A MILITARY OPERATION. |
| ASSIGN | TO GIVE A TASK OR JOB TO. |
| AD INTERIM | A LATIN TERM MEANING " FOR THE TIME BETWEEN" |
| PETITION | A FORMAL, WRITTEN REQUEST TO A GOVERNMENT TO TAKE SOME ACTION OR CHANGE A POLICY |
| COMMUNITY PROPERTY | PROPERTY OBTAINED DURING THE COURSE OF THE MARRIAGE. |
| CANON | IN SEPTEMBER 1835, COLONEL DOMINGO DE UGARTECHEA, THE MEXICAN MILITARY COMMANDER OF TEXAS SENT A SMALL GROUP OF SOLDIERS TO RETRIEVE WHAT? |
| " COME AND TAKE IT" | THE TEXANS DECORATED THE FRONT OF THE CANON WITH A WHITE FLAG THAT BORE THE WORDS.. ________ AND ________ |
| TEXAS INDEPENDENCE | THE INCIDENT AT GONZALES LAUNCHED A FIGHT FOR WHAT? |
| COL. JOHN H. MOORE | TEXAS COMMANDER IN THE BATTLE OF GONZALES |
| COL. DOMINGO UGARTECHEA | MEXICAN COMMANDER INT HE BATTLE OF GONZALES |
| OCTOBER 2, 1835 | WHEN WAS THE BATTLE OF GONZALES? |
| A LARGE AMOUNT OF WEAPON AND AMMUNITION | WHAT DID THE TEXANS CAPTURED AT GOLIAD. |
| AUSTIN'S TROOP. | ALSO KNOWN AS ARMY OF THE PEOPLE. |
| LAND | WHAT DID THE |
| FRANCISCA ALVAREZ | THE ANGEL OF GOLIAD |
| APRIL 21, 1836 | WHEN WAS THE BATTLE OF SAN JACINTO OCCURED? |
| GENERAL SAM HOUSTON | THE TEXAS COMMANDER IN THE BATTLE OF SAN JACINTO |
| GENERAL SANTA ANNA | MEXICAN COMMANDER INT HE BATTLE OF SAN JACINTO |
| SIESTA | AFTERNOON NAP/ REST |
| SIESTA | WHEN DID THE TEXAS TROOPS SURPRISED THE MEXICAN ARMY? |
| 18 MINUTES | HOW MANY MINUTES DID THE BATTLE OF SAN JACINTO LASTED? |
| TEXAS | WHO WON IN THE BATTLE OF SAN JACINTO? |
| TREATIES OF VELASCO | WHAT ENDED THE TEXAS REVOLUTION |
| SAM HOUSTON | WHO IS THE COMMANDER OF THE CONSULTATION |
| GOVERNMENT MADE UP OF A GOVERNOR, A LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR, AND A GENERAL COUNCIL. | WHAT DID THE DELEGATES DECIDED ON HOW THE GOVERNMENT WILL BE COMPOSED OFF? |
| COUNCIL WOULD INCLUDE ONE REPRESENTATIVE FROM EACH MUNICIPALITY OR LARGE COMMUNITY. | WHAT DOES THE COUNCIL NEEDS TO HAVE |
| STATEMENT OF PRINCIPLE CALLED " DECLARATION OF THE PEOPLE OF TEXAS IN GENERAL CONVENTION ASSEMBLED". | IN WHAT DOCUMENT DID THE DELEGATES STATED THAT THEY WERE LOYAL TO MEXICO, DECLARED THEIR SUPPORT OF THE MEXICAN CONSTITUTION OF 1824 AND THEIR DESIRE TO HAVE IT RESTORED. |
| THAT THE FIGHTING SHOWED THAT TEXAS COULD NO LONGER REMAIN UNDER MEXICO'S RULE. | WHAT DID THE MEN OF WAR PARTY BELIEVED IN? |
| "THE GRASS FIGHT" | BURLESON SENT AN INFANTRY UNIT TO CAPTURE COS'S MULE TRAIN, THINKING IT WAS CARRYING SILVER. THE TEXAS INFANTRY WON, BUT FOUND ONLY GRASS. THIS BATTLE WAS KNOWN AS THE _________________. |
| DESCRIBED THE SIEGE OF BEXAR | FOUR DAY BATTLE IN WHICH MILAM'S TROOPS DROVE MEXICAN FORCES TO SURRENDER. TEXAS LOST 2 MEN AND ONLY 21 WOUNDED, 150 MEXICAN WERE KILLED WOUNDED OR CAPTURED. |
| CAPTAIN JUAN SEGUIN | WHO COMMANDED THE MANY TEJANOS SERVE IN THE SCOUTING COMPANY? |
| HENDRICK ARNOLD | AFRICAN AMERICAN THAT SERVED AS A GUIDE TO MAILAM'S COLUMN IN THE FIGHT FOR SAN ANTONIO. |
| GREENBURY LOGAN | ANOTHER FREE AFRICAN AMERICAN, THIRD TEXAN THAT GOT WOUNDED IN SAN ANTONIO. HE SUFFERED A WOUND TO HIS RIGHT ARM THAT CRIPPLED HIM FOR LIFE. |
| WILLIAM GOYENS HAS A GOOD LONG RELATIONSHIP WITH THE CHEROKEE, THE IMPORTANT PART THAT HE PLAYED WAS HE WOULD OBTAIN A PROMISE FROM THE CHEROKEE NOT TO ATTACK THE TEXANS. | WILLIAM GOYENS PLAYED AN IMPORTANT PART IN THE TEXAS REVOLUTION, WHAT WAS IT? |
| REPUBLIC | IS A GOVERNMENT IN WHICH CITIZENS RULE THROUGH ELECTED REPRESENTATIVES. |
| GEORGE CHILDRESS | HE IS ORIGINALLY FROM TENNESSEE, HAD MADE THE MOTION TO WRITE A DECLARATION AND WAS NAMED CHAIRMAN OF THE COMMITTEE TO WRITE IT. HISTORIAN GENERALLY AGREES THAT HE WAS THE DECLARATION'S SOLE AUTHOR. |
| SOLE | ONLY |
| ALLOCATE | TO GIVE TO /OR/ ASSIGN TO |
| THE EXECUTIVE (CHIEF GOVERNING OFFICER), THE LEGISLATIVE ( LAWMAKING BODY) AND THE JUDICIAL (COURTS) | THE THREE BRANCHES OF THE GOVERNMENT. |
| BILL OF RIGHTS | GUARANTEED BASIC RIGHTS, INCLUDES FREEDOM OF SPEECH, FREEDOM OF THE PRESS, FREEDOM OF RELIGION, TRIAL BY JURY, AND OTHER BASIC CIVIL RIGHTS, OR GUARANTEED FREEDOMS. THIS HAS ESTABLISHED CIVIL FREEDOM,POLITICAL FREEDOM AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM IN TEXAS. |
| HOMESTEAD ACT | A CERTAIN PROPERTY COULD NOT BE SEIZED AS PAYMENT FOR DEBTS. |
| TEXAS CONSTITUTION | MADE SLAVERY LEGAL, AND PEOPLE MOVING INTO TEXAS HAD THE RIGHT TO BRING IN ENSLAVED PEOPLE. ENSLAVED PEOPLE WERE GIVEN NO RIGHTS. AFRICAN AMERICAN WERE NOT PERMITTED TO LIVE IN THE REPUBLIC OF TEXAS WITHOUT THE PERMISSION OF THE LEGISLATURE. AND THEIR RIGHTS TO OWN A LAND WERE RESTRICTED. |
| DAVID G. BURNET | 1ST PRESIDENT OF THE AD INTERIM GOVERNMENT OFFICERS. |
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