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Tx Settlers/Austin
Vocabulary Game
| 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 |
| Commissioner | An agent or person representing an organization |
| Constitution | A written statement outlining the basic laws for a state or country |
| disarm | To take someone's weapons |
| Economic Depression | A period in which an economy is affected by |
| Brutality | cruel and ruthless behavior |
| Buffer | a protective barrier from something harmful |
| Commerce | the buying and selling of goods and services |
| Conquistador | a Spanish conqueror of the Americas in the sixteenth sentury |
| Convert | to adopt new religious beliefs |
| Empresarios | people given land grants by the Mexican government to make a settlement and recruit people to live there |
| Hostile | very unfriendly |
| Immigration | the act of moving to a new country |
| Labor | a plot of land measuring 177 acres, issued for planting crops |
| League | a plot of land measuring 4,428 acres, issued for grazing livestock |
| Loyalists | supporters of the ruling power during a conflict |
| 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 |
| Nomadic | having no fixed home; moving with the seasons in search of food |
| Parishioners | People within the field of activity of a Catholic church |
| Pastures | land used for animal grazing |
| Presidio | A Spanish fort staffed by soldiers |
| Provinces | districts or regions of a territory |
| Raid | to attack suddenly; to steal or destroy property |
| Ranchers | people who raise livestock, such as cattle or horses |
| Rebel | a soldier who opposes the government in power |
| Rebellion | open resistance to one's government |
| Recruiting | selecting or getting the services of someone |
| Settle | to establish a place to live |
| Squatters | people who settle on land without rights or titles |
| Trade Relations | relationships based on the buying and selling of goods |
| Western Hemisphere | the part of the world that includes the continents of North and South America |
| Entrepreneurs | people who start their own businesses |
| Executive | the branch of government responsible for carrying out the laws |
| Expelled | to be permanently kicked out |
| Fraternity | a social club for men |
| Innovative | doing new things or things in new ways |
| Judicial | the branch of government responsible for enforcing the laws |
| Land Grant | a contract that gives ownership of a plot of land |
| Legislative | the branch of government responsible for making the laws |
| Massacre | a killing of many people |
| Militias | groups of citizen soldiers |
| Opponents | people who are against other people |
| Pneumonia | a serious lung infection that makes it hard to breathe |
| Postmaster | a person in charge of a post office |
| Profit | to make money in a business |
| Repeal | to officially undo a law |
| Republic | a political system in which people elect representatives to make laws for them |
| Rituals | acts or actions performed for a ceremony |
| Tejano | A Mexican-born Texan |
| Texians | people living in Mexican Texas between 1821 and 1836 |
| Empresario | a person given a land grant by the Mexican government to make a settlement and recruit people to live there |
| Revolution | an act of over throwing and replacing one government with another |
Created by:
Cailyn Wulf
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