Texas Revolution Vocabulary

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A person (usually American) businessman who moved to Texas for land grants

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Empresario

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Which was NOT a requirement for empresarios who immigrated to Texas: They must become Mexican citizens, They must convert to Catholicism, They must have a useful skill or job, They must bring enslaved people?

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They must bring enslaved people.

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A white, English-speaking person

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Anglo

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An Mexican person born in Texas

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Tejano

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A war in which the people of a country fight to overthrow their own government

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Revolution

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A war is made up of lots of individual fights between each side. These individual fights are called ________

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battles

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Federalists believe...

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states and federal governments should share power

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Anglo and Tejano settlers in Texas who worked together to fight for independence

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Texians

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A leader who rules with absolute power - not listening to the will of the people or following the constitution

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dictator

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If you want to create your own country, you would write a _____ to set up the rules like how the country would run and who would be in charge

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constitution