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| Louisiana Territory | Thomas Jefferson bought this huge area from France for $15 million. |
| Pioneers | A person who is among the first of a group of people to settle in a new region. |
| Stephen F. Austin | This man continued the plan begun by his father to bring families to Texas. |
| The Old Three Hundred | 300 families that Stephen F. Austin brought to Texas. |
| Empresarios | People who were given a large piece of land by the government and allowed to sell the land to settlers. |
| Subsistence farming | Settlers who used all of the crops they grew for their own survival. |
| Cash crops | Crops that farmers sell. |
| Barter | Trading things for other things without using money. |
| Bilingual | Being able to speak two languages. Stephen F. Austin was this. |
| Decree of April 6 | Law that Mexico passed to stop all immigration to Texas from the U.S. |
| Santa Anna | President of Mexico |
| Gonzales | The place where the first battle of the Texas Revolution happened. |
| Sam Houston | Led about 12 volunteers from Tenessee to help Texan soldiers. |
| Goliad Massacre | Santa Anna and soldiers shot and killed Fannin and 300 of his soldiers. |
| Battle of San Jacinto | Battle where Sam Houston fought Santa Anna and defeated Santa Anna in only 18 minutes. |
| "Remember Goliad" and "Remember the Alamo" | General Houston and soldier shouted this to the Mexican Army. |
| Treaty of Velasco | a treaty where Santa Anna promised to never fight against Texas again |
| treaty | a formal agreement between countries |
| Republic | Texas became this when it gained its independence from Mexico |
