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Texas revolution
vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| democracy | ability or the people to have a say in government |
| empresario | a person given a land grant by the Mexican government to make a settlement and recruit people to live there |
| dictator | a person who has absolute power |
| frontiersman | a person who live 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 |
| armistice | an agreement to stop fighting |
| cavalryman | 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 |
| export | |
| immigration | |
| import | |
| mission | |
| rancher | |
| recruit | |
| reinforcements | |
| siege | |
| surrender | |
| thriving |