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TX Revolution Vocab
Term | Definition |
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Alamo | a Mexican mission that was taken over by the Texans |
constitution | document outlining the laws and principles of a country or state |
Declaration of Independence | document stating that Texas was its own country |
Treaty of Velasco | the agreement that ended the Texas Revolution |
Gonzales | the place of the first battle of the Texas Revolution |
treaty | formal agreement between two governments |
revolution | an overthrow trying to change the way a country is governed |
Runaway Scrape | when Texans ran away because Santa Anna was marching his army |
Come and Take It | what Texans had to say to Mexico about a cannon they borrowed |
siesta | Spanish for nap; what the Mexican Army was doing when Sam Houston found them |
dictator | leader of a country that rules with absolute power |
convention | a formal meeting of representatives of government |
San Jacinto | The place of the last battle of the Texas Revolution |
Goliad | the city where a massacre took place |
siege | surrounding and attacking people |