1. Texas Revolution Vocabulary

2. cavalry reform barracks compromise bayonets infantry revolution
Set up page 2 of your Revolution Section for these vocabulary words. You need the definition and a picture for each word.
cavalry
reform
barracks
compromise
bayonets
infantry
revolution
reinforcements
independence
siege

3. Cavalry – soldiers on horseback

4. Infantry –soldiers trained and armed to fight on foot

5. Reform – make changes to improve something

6. Revolution – a forcible overthrow (change) in a government for a new system.

7. Barracks – a building in which soldier live

8. Reinforcements – extra soldiers sent to a place to make the force there stronger

9. Compromise – an agreement in which each side gives up some of what it wants in order to gain something more important

10. Independence – the state of being free from someone else’s control

11. Siege – a military strategy in which an army surrounds a town or fort, bombards it, and waits for the enemy to surrender

12. Bayonet – a long blade that can be attached to the end of a gun