Colonization Vocabulary
Study vocabulary and be prepared to use the words in a sentence based on the definition. Quiz: Thursday, November 18.
Tax: Money paid by people to run their government
Revolution: a sudden, complete change in government
Declaration: official statement
Frontier: Land that lies beyond the settled part of a country
Pioneers: people who first settle a new place
Treaty: an agreement between groups or countries
Equality: the same rights for all people in Mexico
Rebellion: fighting against the government
Dictator: a government leader with total authority
Grants: gift of land
Empresario: a person given a grant by the Mexican government to bring settlers to Texas
Militia: a group of unpaid people that acts as an army
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