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Texas History Unit 2
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| colony | A land claimed for and controlled by a distant nation |
| presidio | Spanish settlement built to provide military protection from Native attacks. |
| mission | Spanish settlement built to convert Natives to the Catholic faith |
| rancho | Spanish settlements of large land established for raising cattle |
| 1492 | Columbus discovered the New World |
| Cortez | governor of a colony who represents a king |
| Estevanico | North African who survived a shipwreck and explored the southwestern U.S. with Cabeza DeVaca |
| Cibola | Rumored seven cities of gold sought by Spanish explorers |
| Columbian Exchange | the transfer of plants, animals, and diseases between the Americas and other continents since the time of Columbus |
| tejano | a person of Hispanic descent, who is from Texas |
| revolution | a change in political power, especially the overthrow or replacing of one government or ruler with another |
| vaquero | a ranch hand or cowboy who makes his living raising cattle, sheep, or other animals |
| cede | the transfer of land from one country to another |
| republic | A government where power belongs to the citizens who vote for representatives that will work for the government |
| filibuster | an adventurer who engages in illegal activity in a foreign country |
| Fray Damian Massanet | oversaw the establishment of Spanish missions in East Texas; ordered the burning of San Francisco de Los Tejas |
| Jose Escandon | Governor of Spanish colonies in South Texas for the purpose of keeping out the French |
| Antonio Margil de Jesus | oversaw Spanish missions in East Texas to keep out the French; started the Chicken War |
| Francisco Hidalgo | established the mission of San Francisco de Los Tejas, and asked the French for help |
| conquistador | soldiers & adventurers in search of glory, gold, and land |
| epidemic | outbreak of disease that spreads quickly among a group of people |
| mustang | horse found on the plains of North America originally brought here by the Spanish |
| Cabeza DeVaca | Spanish survivor of the Narvaez expedition who lived with the Karankawa and kept a diary of his experiences |
| LaSalle | French explorer in 1680 who shipwrecked off the coast of Texas after missing the mouth of the Mississippi |
| Cortez | Spanish explorer who conquered the Aztecs, finding gold and colonizing New Spain |
| Coronado | Spanish explorer who searched the plains of Texas for the 7 cities of gold in 1540 |
| Pineda | Spanish explorer who mapped the coastline of Texas in 1519 |
| Moscoco | Spanish explorer who took over after DeSoto's death to lead his men back to New Spain through Texas in 1542 |
| 1519 | year that Spanish explorers first reached Texas, creating a map of the coastline |
| DeSoto | Spanish conquistador who explored the interior of North America in 1540 before dying on the banks of the Mississippi River |
| Expedition | a journey undertaken by a group of people with a definite purpose |
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