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25 Cards in this Set
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A militia volunteer, he was the popular favorite to be the leader at the Alamo when James Neill left
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James Bowie
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A brief fight among a small number of troops
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skirmish
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To make stronger with military defense
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fortify
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The military commander at Goliad
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James Walker Fannin
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Temporary
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ad interim
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The flight of settlers to the east after the massacre at the Alamo and Goliad was known as the ________ __________
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Runaway Scrape
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To often attack with artillery
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bombard
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Last battle of the Texas Revolution in which the Texans won their independencce
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San Jacinto
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The ad interim president, David G ______ negotiated the treaty ending the Texas Revolution with Santa Anna
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Burnet
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Texans declared their independence at the ____________ of 1836
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Convention
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Soldiers who are mounted on horseback
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cavalry
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A survey made to gather information about the enemy
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reconnaissance
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Helped write the Mexican Constitution but was later elected as Texas' first vice president
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Lorenzo De Zavala
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Wrote the Texas Declaration of Independence
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George Childress
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A member of the Congress from Tennessee, he brought about a dozen others and volunteered to fight at the Alamo
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David Crockett
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The military commander at the Alamo, he wrote the famous letter asking for help
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William B. Travis
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The act of adding or joining a territory to the existing one
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Annexation
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Original military commander at the Alamo, he left to attend a family emergency
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James Neill
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The 13-day siege and eventual fall of this old Spanish mission became a rallying cry for the Texas Revolution
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Alamo
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Named commander of the Texas army
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Sam Houston
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The General who captured Fannin's men at Coleto Creek
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Urrea
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Troops stationed at a military post
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garrison
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The second massacre of Texas soldiers happened here
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Goliad
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Military leader and dictator of Mexico
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Santa Anna
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The Texas Government moved to __ after the Battle of San Jacinto and it was here that the treaty ending the war was signed
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Velasco
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