| A | B |
|---|
| CONGRESS | THE BRANCH OF GOVERNMENT THAT MAKES LAWS |
| TEXAS RANGERS | FORMED IN 1835. WHITE FARMERS, RANCHEERS, AND TOWNSPEOPLE WHO VOLUNTEERED TO DEFEND THE REPUBLIC. |
| DEBT | AMOUNT OFMONEY OWED TO OTHERS. |
| MANIFEST DESTINY | THE IDEA THAT THE UNITED STATES SHOULD GROW AS FAR WEST AS THE PACIFIC OCEAN AND AS FAR SOUTH AS THE RIO GRANDE. THIS MEANT THAT TEXAS WOULD SOON BECOME PART OF THE US |
| ANNEXATION | BRINGING A TERRITORY INTO A COUNTRY. |
| TERRITORY | LAND OWNED BY A COUNTRY THAT DOES NOT HAVE THE FULL RIGHTS OF A STATE. |
| RESOLUTION | A DECISION |
| MEXICAN WAR | MORE THAN 8000 TEXANS SIGNED UP TO FIGHT IN THIS WAR |
| TREATY OF GUADALUPE HILDALGO | UNDER THIS TREATY MEXICO HAD TO RECOGNIZE THE RIO GRANDE AS ITS BORDER WITH THE UNITED STATES. |
