| A | B |
|---|
| Tejanos | Mexicans who claimed Texas as their home. |
| empresarios | People who obtained land grants and recruited setlers. |
| Stephen Austin | Organized a colony of 300 American settlers in Texas. |
| decree | official order |
| remove | take away |
| Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna | Became president of Mexico |
| Alamo | Mission in Texas site of a famous battle for Texan independence |
| Sam Houston | Commander in Chief of the Texas forces and 1st president of Texas. |
| annex | take control over |
