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Texas Revolution

vocabulary

TermDefinition
Democracy ability for the people to have a say in government
Dictator a person who has absolute power
Empresario a person given a land grant by Mexican government to make a settlement and recruit people to live there
Frontiersman a person who lives on the frontier
Tejano a Mexican-born Texan
Texians people living in Mexican Texas between 1821 and 1836
Annexation to take over a territory and make it part of a larger territory
Armmistice an agreement to stop fighting
Cavalrymen soldiers who fight on horseback
Constitution a written statement outlining the basic laws for a state or country
Declaration an announcement
Delegates people who represent other people at a meeting
Export to send goods out of a country or state
Immigration the act of moving to a new country
Import to bring goods into a country or state
Mission a religious and military outpost established by the Spanish during colonization
Rancher a person who raises livestock such as cattle or horses
Recruit to select or get the services of someone
Reinforcements additional men to build more strength
Siege a military strategy in which troops surround an area and cut off outside access to force a surrender
Surrender to give up
Thriving growing very well
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