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Texas Revolution
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| annexation | to take over a territory and make it apart to larger territory |
| armistice | an agreement to stop fighting |
| cavalrymen | soldiers who fight on horseback |
| constitution | a written statement outlining the basic laws for a state or country |
| decloration | an announcement |
| delegates | people who represent other people at a meeting |
| export | to send goods at another country or state |
| immigration | the act of moving to another country or state |
| import | to bring goods into a country |
| mission | a religious military outpost established by the Spanish colonization |
| rancher | a person who raises livestock such as cattle or horses |
| recruit | to select or get the services |
| reinforcements | additional man used to build more strength |
| siege | a military strategy in which troops surround an area and cut off outside access to a force to surrender |
| surrender | to give up |
| Tejanos | Mexican-born Texans |
| Texians | people living in Mexican Texas between 1821 and 1836 |
| thriving | growing very well |
| democracy | ability for the people to have a say in the government |
| dictator | a person who has absolute power |
| empresario | a person given a land grant to make a settlement and a recruit people to live there |
| fronteirsmen | a person who lives on the frontier |
| revolution | an act of overthrowing and replacing one government with another |