Texas Revolution Vocabulary.HallsvilleJH

To strengthen defenses.

• Fortify

• Garrison

• Bombard

• Casualty

The soldiers at a military post.

• Garrison

• Bombard

• Annexation

• Ad interim

To attack continuously with cannon fire.

• Bombard

• Parley

• Annexation

• Casualty

A local group formed to share political and military information with other communities.

• Committee of Correspondence

• Ad Interim

• Parley

• Revolution

A brief truce between enemies so both parties can discuss issues.

• Parley

• Revolution

• Annexation

• Casualty

Latin term meaning "For the time in between."

• Ad Interim

• Casualty

• Parley

• Garrison

The incorporating (taking in) of a country or territory into another country or territory.

• Annexation

• Revolution

• Garrison

• Fortify

The overthrow or rejection of a government or political system by the governed (people).

• Revolution

• Annexation

• Garrison

• Bombard

A soldier who is killed, wounded, captured, or missing.

• Casualty

• Garrison

• Bombard

• Revolution

A large hunting knife used on the frontiers of the United States in the early 1830's.

• Bowie Knife

• Casualty

• Bombard

• Garrison