Texas Revolution
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| alcalde | the mayor or chief judge of a town
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| Anglo americans | white Americans of European descent
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| colonization | the act or process
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| constitution | a written statement outlining the basic laws for a state or country
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| democracy | ability for the people to have a say in government
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| dictator | a person with absolute power
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| duels | fights between two people
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| empresario | a person given a land grant by the Mexican government to make a settlement and recruit people to live there.
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| frontiersman | a person who lives on the frontier
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| heritage | tradition and culture passed down at birth
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| House of Representatives | a group of elected official who have the power to make and pass laws
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| militia | a group of citizen soldiers
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| minister | a government representative in a foreign country
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| plantation | a type of large farm found in the southern United States
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| province | a district or region of territory
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| recruit | to select or get the services of someone
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| resolution | a formal expression or opinion
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| revolution | an act of overthrowing and replacing on government with another
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| sharpshooter | a person skilled in shooting a gun
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| surrender | to give up
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| Tejano | a Mexican born Texan
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| Texians | people living in Mexican Texas between 1821 and 1836
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| annexation | to take over a territory and make it part of a larger territory
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| armistice | an agreement to stop fighting
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| cavalrymen | soldiers who fight on horseback
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| colonies | country or areas under the control of another country;a group of people living there
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| consulation | a meeting for the purpose of making descisions
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| declaration | an announcement
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| delegates | people who represent other people at a meeting
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| export | to send goods out of a country or state
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| immigration | the act of moving to a new country
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| import | to bring goods into a country or state
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| inspection | the act of carefully looking over something
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| mission | a religious and military outpost established by the Spanish during colonization
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| rebellion | open resistance to one's government
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| rancher | a person who raises livestock such as cattle or horses
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| reinforcements | additional men used to build more strength
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| retreated | left a battlefield
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| secede | to leave a country and form a new government
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| siege | a military strategy in which troops surround an area and cut off outside access to force a surrender
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| thriving | growing very well
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| transitions | the process of changing one form to another
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