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Texas Revolution
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Annexation | To take over a territory and make it part of a 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 |
| Declaration | An announcement |
| Delegates | People who represent other people at a meeting |
| Export | To sent goods into 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 and horses |
| 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 of outside access to force a surrender |
| Surrender | To give up |
| Tejanos | Mexican-born Texans |
| Thriving | Growing very well |
| Democracy | Ability for people to have a say in government |
| Dicator | A person who has absolute power |
| Empresario | A person given a land grant by the 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 |