Texas Revolution Vocab

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William B. Travis

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commander at

the Alamo;

famous for his

“Victory or Death”

letter and for

drawing a line in

the sand

Front

a time period in

1836 when Texas

families evacuated

to safety to avoid

being killed by

Santa Anna’s army

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Run away scrape

Front

Davy Crockett

Back

•folk hero

•congressional

representative

for Tennessee

• fought and died

at the Alamo

Front

•chair of the committee

that wrote the T exas

Declaration of

Independence;

•one of the primary

authors of the Texas

Declaration of

Independence

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George C. Childress

Front

Independence

Back

being free

to control

oneself

Front

a leader

who takes

total

control

Back

Dictator

Front

Texas Independence Day

Back

•March 2, 1836

• celebration of the

day that Texas

declared

independence from

Mexico at Washington

on the Brazos

Front

a formal

agreement

between

two

countries

Back

treaty

Front

Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna

Back

• military leader of

Mexican army

•dictator of Mexico

• captured after

the Battle of San

Jacinto

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a system of

government in which

all decision-making

power is given to the

central government

and the people do

not have a say in

government

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centralism