Texas Revolution: Events, Key Figures, and Vocabulary

Delegate

A representative of a group.

Resolution

A formal statement of an opinion made by an official group.

Dictator

A ruler with absolute power.

Tariff

A tax on imported goods.

Casualty

A soldier who is killed, wounded, captured, or missing.

Militia

A group of citizens acting as a military force.

Convention

A large formal meeting or assembly, including representatives or delegates, for discussion of and action on particular matters of common concern.

Siege

A military blockade of a city.

Massacre

The killing of a large group of people.

Surrender

To give oneself up or the possession of power to another.

1836 (Hot Date)

The year Texas declared its independence from Mexico.

Law of April 6, 1830

Mexican legislation that banned further immigration from the United States, suspended the importation of enslaved people, strictly restricted land grants to Mexican and European settlers, and placed customs duties on goods, greatly increasing tension.

Turtle Bayou Resolutions

An 1832 declaration wherein settlers declared support for the Mexican Constitution of 1824 and Santa Anna while opposing centralist policies, temporarily decreasing tension.

Mexican Constitution of 1824

The federalist constitution that Texas settlers declared loyalty to in the Turtle Bayou Resolutions.