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30 Cards in this Set
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Military blockade of a city or fortress |
Siege
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Local groups formed to share political and military information with other groups |
Committees of Correspondence |
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A city or other district with local self government |
Municipality |
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300 Texans assembled at Gonzales and commanded by Stephen F. Autstin |
Army of the People |
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Force of full-time soldiers who receive pay |
Regular Army |
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The person who the Consultation selected as commander of the regular Texas army was
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Sam Houston |
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The slogan "On to San Antonio" was the cry of the Texan soldiers after fighting at |
Gonzales and Goliad |
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Commander of the volunteer army |
Edward Burleson |
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Empresario who led the attack on San Antonio |
Ben Miliam |
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African American who guided Milam's column into battle |
Hendrick Arnold |
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Army scout who reported a Mexican mule train heading toward San Antonio |
Erastus "Deaf" Smith |
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Commanded a scouting company in the Texas Army at San Antonio |
Juan N. Seguin |
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The "Grass Fight" was between |
Texas volunteers and a mule train |
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The governor and council would not cooperate with one another in December 1835, preventing them from |
Preparing for battle with Mexico |
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When Governor Smith vetoed the proposal of the council to hold a convention of the people, it meant he |
rejected the proposal |
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Freedoms guaranteed by a constitution to all citizens |
Civil Rights |
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To request something of the government |
Petition |
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Having to do with a lawmaking body |
Legislative |
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Having to do with the chief governing officer |
Executive |
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Having to do with the courts |
Judicial |
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The Texas Declaration of Independence was written by |
George C. Childress |
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Officers of the new Republic could not be voted in by the people because |
Mexican troops were in Texas already |
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The committee that crafted the Texas constitution met at |
Washington-On-The-Brazos |
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Under the Texas constitution, a free African American who wanted to live in Texas needed to petition the |
Texas Congress |
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ad interim president of Texas |
David G Burnet |
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Mexican colonel at San Antonio in 1835 |
Domingo de Ugartechea |
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Chairman of the Convention of 1836 |
Richard Ellis |
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At the battle at Gonzales, the Texans flew a flag that read |
"Come and Take it" |
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Texas Independence Day is celebrated on |
March 2nd. |
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The Texas Declaration of Independence is similar to that |
The United States |
