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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 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 by the Mexican government to make a settlement and recruit people to live there. |
| frontiersman | a person who lives on a frontier. |
| militia | a group of citizen soldiers. |
| plantation | a type of large farm found in the southeastern part of the united states. |
| 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 their people at a meeting. |
| export | to send goods out of 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. |
| reinforcements | additional men used to build more strength. |
| revolution | an act of overthrowing and replacing one government with another. |
| 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. |