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- A leader who controls an area through absolute power
- Spanish soldiers who sought to conquer the new world for God, gold, and glory
- A person who believes that power should be concentrated in the national (central) government.
- To excuse; to free from a rule that others must obey
- An agreement by two or more nations, peoples, or groups to work together
- The exact position of a place on the earth's surface expressed in latitude and longitude.
- A broad, level landform that has steep cliffs (escarpments) on at least one side and higher elevation than the surrounding land
- A racist cartoon figure that represented segregation laws. (The Jim Crow Era" lasted from 18770 1965)
- A group of citizens acting as a military force
- A tax placed on goods coming into a country
- A sudden, violent, and illegal seizure of power from a government (Wilmington in 1898)
- Official representative of a monarch (king).
- Protests by colonists over unfair enforcement of customs duties leads to a small skirmish between colonists and commander John Bradburn.
- A person believed to have the power to cure the sick and predict the future
- 1826 Haden and Benjamin Edwards take over the Old Stone Fort in Nacogdoches and declare an independent Republic of Fredonia. The revolt was put down by Mexican troops.
- A language test given before person could vote. (Given only to black voters during Reconstruction.
- Law issued by Centralist government of Mexico stopping immigration from the U.S. The law also suspended empresario contracts, stopped the importation of slaves, and placed taxes on imported goods.
- An area that is unified by one or more common characteristics. Texas has four based on geography.
- Famous outdoorsman and former congressman from Tennessee. Died fighting for Texas Independence at the Alamo.
- A member of a group that wanders from place to place