Unit 6: Texas Revolution Vocabulary

• being free to control oneself

• a leaders who takes total control

• being free to control oneself

• political system in which power is shared between a national centralized government and a collection of smaller state governments

• changing from one governmental structure to another

• political system in which power is shared between a national centralized government and a collection of smaller state governments

• changing from one governmental structure to another

• a formal agreement between countries

• a leaders who takes total control

• a formal agreement between countries

siege

• a navy blockade of a river

• a military blockade of a city or fort

revolution

• to overthrow a government by force

• when a new king to take power of a country after the old king dies

Convention

• a teacher gathering to discuss grades

• a meeting or assembly of representatives

constitution

• a written plan of government

• a verbal plan of government

independence

• free from outside control

• free from citizens votes