| A | B |
|---|
| override | to overrule another action |
| judicial | having to do with the courts of law |
| legislative | having to do with a law-making body |
| executive | the chief officer of a government |
| civil rights | having to do with the freedoms of citizens |
| ad interim | serving for the intervening time |
| veto | to reject a bill |
| siege | a military blockade |
| petition | to request something from the government |
| Davy Crockett | the former U.S. Congressman that fought at the Alamo |
| George Childress | wrote the Texas Declaration of Independence |
| Lorenzo de Zavala | Vice President of the Ad Interim Government |
| David G. Burnet | President of the Ad Interim Government |
| Hendrick Arnold | posed as a runaway slave and carried information to Sam Houston |
| William B. Travis | led the Texans in the Battle of the Alamo |
| Juan Seguin | commanded a company of Tejanos at San Jacinto |
| Sam Houston | Commander-in-chief of the Texan forces at San Jacinto |
| Santa Anna | President of Mexico and leader of the Mexican army at the Alamo and San Jacinto |
