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| Louisiana Territory | a very large area of land that stretched from the Mississippi west to the Rocky Mountains |
| Louisiana Purchase | territory in western United States purchased from France in 1803 for $15 million |
| pioneer | a person who is among the first to settle a region |
| The Old Three Hundred | the first 297 families and single men in Austin's first colony |
| frontier | land beyond the edge of their settlement |
| Anglo-Americans | a person with English or Northern European ancestors |
| empresario | a person who is given land by the government to sell to settlers |
| Tejano | A Mexican who claims Texas as his home |
| dugout | homes dug out of the side of hills on the Great Plains; they provide shelter from the wind and dust |
| subsistence farming | farming in which only enough food to feed one's family is produced |
| cash crop | farm crop raised to be sold for money |
| barter | trade for goods and services without using money |
| bilingual | able to speak two languages |
| convention | a formal meeting called for a special purpose |
| delegate | a person who is chosen or elected to represent a group |
| taxes | money paid to the government for services |
| dictator | a leader with complete control |
| Battle of the Alamo | 1836 attack on the Alamo mission in San Antonio by Mexican forces during the Texas Revolution |
| Texas Declaration of Independence | declared Texas as separate from Mexico |
| constitution | a written plan of government |
| Goliad Massacre | brutal killing of nearly 400 people by Santa Anna |
| Stephen F. Austin | the first man to bring Anglo settlers to Texas. Father of Texas |
| Sam Houston | commander of the Texas army at the Battle of San Jacinto; later elected president of the Republic of Texas |
| Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna | Mexican president who led an army against Texas |
| William B. Travis | commander who led the Texan Rebels to fight for the Alamo |
| Jim Bowie | American killed while fighting at the Battle of the Alamo during the Texas war for independence; known for his "Bowie knife" |
| Davey Crockett | American congressman and hero killed at the Alamo. He was also King of the Wild Frontier |
| Runaway Scrape | Anglo settlers fled and abandoned their homes fearing Santa Anna's advance |
| Battle of San Jacinto | (1836) Final battle of the Texas Revolution; resulted in the defeat of the Mexican army and independence for Texas |
| treaty | a formal agreement between the governments of two or more countries |
| Treaty of Velasco | Texans captured Santa Anna and forced him to sign it recognizing the Republic of Texas |
| republic | form of government in which people choose leaders to represent them |
