| A | B |
|---|
| Stephen F. Austin | Father of Texas |
| Jane Long | Mother of Texas |
| San Felipe de Austin | capital of Stephen F.Austin's colony |
| empesario | people given a large piece of land by the government and allowed to sell the land to settlers |
| vaqueros | ranch workers from Mexico who became the first cowboys |
| subsistence farming | growing crops for survival only |
| cash crops | crops used to sell for money |
| barter | to trade without using money |
| Santa Anna | president of Mexico |
| William B. Travis | led rebellion at Anahuac against the Mexicans |
| George Collinsworth and Ben Milam | led battle at Golidad and won |
| Sam Houston | leader of the Texas army |
| Battle of hte Alamo | Mexican army defeated and killed 189 men March 6, 1836 |
| Texas Declaration of Independence | document declaring independence from Mexico |
| James Fannin | killed by Santa Anna at the Goliad Massacre |
| Battle of San Jacinto | final battle of the Texas Revolution--Santa Anna was captured |
| treaty of Velasco | aggreement from Santa Anna that he and his troops would leave Texas and recognize its independence |
