Week 15 Vocabulary Flashcard Review

Front

A ___________ is a leader with complete control of the government and the people.

Back

dictator

Front

Men who got land grants from the Mexican government to start colonies were called ___________________.

Back

empresarios

Front

Mountain men or frontiersmen who did not like any government were called ___________.

Back

leatherstockings

Front

_________ was an adventurous man who lived with the Cherokee Indians, became the governor of Tennessee, and Major General of the Texas army during the Texas Revolution.

Back

Sam Houston

Front

____________ was a cruel dictator who took control of the Mexican government by force.

Back

Santa Anna

Front

__________ was an empresario who was known as the Father of Texas. He led the Old 300 to Texas and worked with Santa Anna to get independence for Texans.

Back

Stephen Austin

Front

_________ was an empresario who started the only Texas colony made up of mostly Mexican citizens.

Back

Martin de Leon

Front

What is the name of the town where the Texas Revolution began when Mexican soldiers tried to take back a cannon?

Back

Gonzales

Front

The ________________ was the retreat of Texans, toward the coast, escaping from Santa Anna's advancing army in March 1836.

Back

Runaway Scrape

Front

What was the name of the location of an important meeting of Texans in which the Texas Declaration of Independence and a Texas Constitution were written?

Back

Washington-on-the-Brazos