| A | B |
|---|
| civilians | those not part of military force |
| fortify | to strengthen |
| dispatch | to send off; also an official message |
| unit | an organized group that is part of a military establishment |
| bombard | to attack using bombs |
| General Cos | mexican general surrendered San Antonio to Texas |
| Susana Dickinson | survived through Alamo battle |
| Albert Martin and George Kimball | they brought 32 men to Alamo |
| Brigido Guerrero | survived Alamo battle |
| Davey Crockett | a volunteer a former U.S. congressman |
| Sam Houston | was made commander of the regular Texas Army, attempted to bring various military units together |
| Colonel Neill | about 100 men were still in San Antonio under the command of Neill |
| General Urrea | crossed Rio Grande at Matamoros and moved along to the Gulf Cost toward Goliad |
| Colonel Fannin | commamder of 400 men troops near Goliad |
| Coronel De la Peña | mexican coloonel wrote that Davey Crockett surrendered |
| Frank W. Johnson | was authorized to attack the mexican city of Matamoros |
| James Bowie | about 25 Texan from Goliad to the Alamo to inspect situation there, made decision to stay or abandon the post |
| Louis "Moses" Rose | believed to leave the Alamo |
| Calvary | soldiers that are mounted on horseback |
| infantry | soldiers that fight on foot |
| bayou | small river that is usually marshy |
| massacre | to kill many at one time |
| flank | the right or left side of a formation |
| General Filisola | commanded mexican army and was to arrest David G. Burnet |
| Coronel Almonte | Santa Ana's most trusted aid |
| Runaway Scrape | hundreds of families gathered their belongings and headed East toward the Sabine River |
| David Burnet | president of Texas |
| Treaty Velasco | public-mexico not to fight Texas again, to get Mexican Army exchange of prisoners |
| Treaty Velasco (secret) | Santa ana work mexican recognition of Texas independence, release Santa Ana, boundary of Rio Grande |
| tariff | a tax on imported goods |
| expenditure | money paid out |
| poll tax | a tax of fixed amount per person |
| Capitol | building in which a legislative body meets |
| annexation | to incorporate country or territory into another country or territory |
| cabinet | a body of advisors |
| revenue | money that a nation or state collects |
| endowment fund | donations set apart for a specific purpose |
| buffer | a neutral region separating 2 rivals |
| charter | a written contract that defines a city educationally |
| consecutive | following one after the other |
