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Unit 3
Mexican Colonization and the Empresario System
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| filibusters | military adventurers who came to Texas from the US in the early 1800s to promote private rebellious activity |
| empresarios | businesspeople who promoted the migration of settlers to the Texas colony |
| immigration | the movement of people from one place to settle in another place |
| Tejanos | Texas settlers of Spanish or Mexican descent; this was a unique blending of Hispanic and American culture |
| land grant | a tract of public land given by the government to an institution, organization, or to a particular group of people |
| annexation | to incorporate (territory) into the domain of a city, country, or state |
| revolution | an overthrow and the thorough replacement of an established government or political system by the people governed |
| constitution | the system of fundamental principles according to which a nation, state, corporation, or the like, is governed |
| Anglos | mostly white, non-Hispanic settlers who move to Texas from the United States during the Mexican period |
| mustang | the small, hardy wild horse of the West, descended from horses brought by the Spanish |
| neutral | not favoring either side |
| rebellion | an act of violent or open resistance to an established government or ruler |
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