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TX Settlers/Austin
Vocabulary Game
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Tejano | a Mexican-born Texan |
| Texians | people living in Mexican Texas between 1821 and 1836 |
| Conquistador | a Spanish conqueror of the Americas in the sixteenth century |
| Revolution | an act of overthrowing and replacing one government with another |
| Republic | a political system in which people elect representatives to make laws for them |
| Hostile | very unfriendly |
| Massacre | a killing of many people |
| Squatters | people who settle on land without rights or titles |
| Anglo | a white person of European descent |
| Missionaries | people who share their religious faith with others,usually in other countries |
| Colony | a country or area under the control of another country;a group of people living there |
| Commerce | the buying and selling of goods and services |
| Convert | to adopt new religious belief |
| Presido | a Spanish fort staffed by soldiers |
| Empresarios | people given land grants by the Mexican government to make a settlement and recruit people to live there |
| Mestizos | people of mixed American Indian and European descent living in Mexico |
| Mission | a religious and military outpost established by the Spanish during colonization |
| Western Hemisphere | the part of the world that includes the continents of North and South America |
| Constitution | a written statement outlining the basic laws for a state or county |
| Militias | groups of citizen soldiers |
| Land Grant | a contract that gives ownership of a plot of land |
| Pneumonia | a serious lung infection that makes it hard to breathe |
| Judicial | the branch of government responsible for enforcing the laws |
| Executive | the branch of government responsible for carrying the laws |
| Legislative | the branch of government responsible for making the laws |