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Social Studies Colon
Social Studies Colony
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Anglo | A white person of European descent. |
| Colony | A country or area under the control of another country: a group of people living there. |
| Constitution | A written statement outlining the basic laws for a state or country. |
| Empersario | A person given a land grant by the Mexican government to make a settlement and recruit people to live there. |
| Land Grant | A contract that gives ownership of a plot of land. |
| Massacre | A killing of many people. |
| Militias | Groups of citizen soldiers. |
| Pneumonia | A serious lung infection that makes it hard to breath. |
| Republic | A political system in which people elect representatives to make laws for them. |
| Revolution | An act of overthrowing and replacing one government with another. |
| Tejano | A Mexican-born Texan. |
| Texians | People living in Mexican Texas between 1821 and 1836. |
| Commerce | The buying and selling of goods and services. |
| Conquistador | A Spanish conqueror of the Americas in the sixteenth century. |
| Convert | To adopt to new religious beliefs. |
| Hostile | Very unfriendly |
| Mestizos | People of mixed American Indian and European descent living in Mexico. |
| Mission | A religious and military outpost established by the Spanish during colonization. |
| Missionaries | People who share their religious faith with others. Usually in other countries. |
| Presidio | A Spanish fort staffed by soldiers. |
| Raid | To attack suddenly;to steal or destroy property. |
| Rebel | A soldier who opposes the government in power. |
| Settle | To establish a place to live. |
| Squatters | People who settle on land without rights or titles. |
| Western Hemisphere | The part of the world that includes the continents of North and South America. |