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