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Chapter 3 vocab.
Chapter 3 vocab.
Term | Definition |
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Mission | a settlement in North America territory designed to convert North America to Chirstanity . |
Presidio | a spanish fort that protects the mission |
Catechism | a set of questions and answers about Catholic benefits . |
Epidemic | the rapid spread of disease in short time . |
Cede | to formally give up ownership of something . |
Transform | to change in character or condition . |
establish | to settle ; to make towns communities and homesteads in an area |
friar | started mission members of church clergy like a priest or pastor |
factor | part of what creates a result ; piece of contribution . |
filibuster | a person who wages am unofficial war on a country |
benefit | something that is good for a person |
Philip Nolan | he was there to capture and trade wild horses or mustangs for the spanish government |
James Wilkinson | it hired James Wilkinson a general in the U.S. army as a double agent . |
Natural Ground Agreement | a agreement between Spanish and the USA word not to put troops on the land . |
Class | social rank |
Peninsulares | born in spain |
Criollos | Born in New Spain to Spanish Parents |
Mestizos | Born to one Spanish parent and one Native American Parent |
Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla | He wanted to end the social rank . |
Jose Guterrez | He decided to invaded Texas . Also getting ready for war. |
Battle of Medina | A lot of men died and in 1813 defeated Toledo's army . |
James Long | he organized a group of filibustering trip and in June 1819 he led a group that eventually pushed him in to Texas . |
Eventually | some time later than the end |
Pirate | A person who steals from ships on the sea . |
Republic | a person who wanted to keep a high social status in New Spain |
Occupied | to take over or rule another country . |
Monarchist | A nation in which voters elect representation to make laws . |
Augustine de Iturbide | leader of the Monarchist that wrote Plan of Iguala |
Achieve | to do or acomplish . |
Anti- Monarchist | a person who committed to liberty and equality in New Spain. |
Plan of Iguala | Guerro and their supporters agreed on the Plan of Iguala . |
Treaty of Cordoba | made it official with the treaty of Cordoba Spain agreed the terms with Plan of Iguala. |
San Antonio | named after missionary Antonio - Texas most important mission town . |
La Bahia | now called Golaid Tx. one of the last mission presidios . |
Nacogdoches | one of the 3 origanal spanish settlements in Texas . |
Abdicate | Forced to give up an position of power . |
Erasmo Seguin | He took Texas case under the new colonization law |
Coahuila and Texas | The merge of Coahuila & Texas to maintain Spain's rule |
Empresario | The Spainish word for " contractor " a person who puts together business deals |