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Texas Revolution
Term | Definition |
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Annexation | To take over a territory and make it part of a lager one |
Armistice | An agreement to stop fighting |
Cavalrymen | Soldiers who fight on horseback |
Declaration | An announcement |
Delegates | People who represent other people at a meeting |
Export | To send goods out of the country or state |
Frontiersmen | People who live on the frontier |
Immigration | The act of moving to a new country |
Import | To bring good into the country or state |
Mission | A religious and military outpost established by the Spanish during colonization |
Rancher | A person who raises live stock |
Recruit | To select or get the services of someone |
Reinforcements | Additional men used to build more strength |
Siege | A military strategy in which troops surround an area and cut off outside assess to force a surrender |
Surrender | To give up |
Texains | People living in Mexican Texas Between 1821 and 1836 |
Tejanos | Mexican-born Texan |
Thriving | Growing very well |
Constitution | A written statement that outlining basic laws for the state or country |
Democracy | Ability for people to stay in the government |
Dictator | A person who has absolute power |
Empresario | A person given a land grant by the Mexican government |