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Ch. 3 Notes

3.1, 3.2, 3.3 vocab.

TermDefinition
Mission A settlement in Native American territory designed to convert Native to christianity.
Presidio A spanish fort that protects a mission.
Catechism A set of questions and answer about Catholic beliefs.
Epidemic The rapid spread of a disease in a 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 home steads in an area.
Friar Started missions members of church clergy like a priest or a pastor.
Factor Part of what creates a result piece contribution
Filibuster A person who wages on unofficial war on country.
Benefit Something that is good for a person.
Philip Nolan Hec was there to capture and trade wild horses, or mustangs for the spanish Government.
James Wilkinson It hired James Wilkison a general in the U.S army, as a double agent.
Natural Ground Agreement Stated that no troops would accuppied this land.
Class Social rank.
Peninsulares Born in spain.
Criollos Born in new Spain to spanish parents.
Mestizos Born to one spanish parent and on Native American parent.
Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla He wanted to end the social rank.
Jose Bernando Guterrez de Lara He decided to invade Texas and also getting ready for war.
Battle of Medina A lot of men of men died and in 1853 he defeated Toledos army.
James Long he organized a group of filibuster and also In june 1819 that eventually pushed into Texas.
Eventually Some time later in the end.
Pirate A person who steals from ships on the sea.
Republic A nation in which voters elect representatives to make laws.
Occupied To take over or rule another country.
monarchist A person who wanted to keep his or her high social status and tradition.
Augustine de Iturbide Leader of the monarchist that wrote Plan of Iguala.
Achieve Collections of important public documents, such as constitutions and public records.
Anti-Monarchist A person who was committed to liberty and equality and who favored.
Plan of Iguala Guerrero and their supporters agreed on the plan of Iguala
Treaty of cordoba Made an official with the treaty of cordoba agreed to accept.
San Antonio Named after missionary Antonio-Texas's most important mission town.
la Bahia Now called Goliad, TX one of the last mission-presidios
Nacogdoches One of the 3 original spanish settlements in TX,
Abdicate Forced to give a position of power.
Erasmo Seguin He took up Texas's case under the new colonization law.
Coahuila & Texas The merged of Coahuila & Texas to maintain spain's rule.
Empresario The spanish word for "contactor", a person who puts together business deals.
Title The legal right to own piece of property.
Pecan Point A loop in the Red River in northwest Texas formed Pecan Point.
Moses Austin A young man in 1820 when he set out for Texas.
Sitio A spanish unit of measure representing 4,428 acres of land.
Speculator people who buy large areas of land and try to sell the land bit by bit to others.
Stephen F. Austin The first part of the name honored de la Gorza's patron saint.
Agriculture The work of preparing the soil, producing crops, and rising livestock.
Collapse Fall down and become unconscious.
Militia A group of armed citizens who served as soldiers during an emergency.
Grant A possession, such as land, legally given to someone for free or very little money.
Partnership associations of two or more people in a business venture.
San Felipe de Austin The main town of Austin's colony where he did all his business.
Conduct To direct or lead.
Republic of Fredonia Its another nation
Census An official count of the population of a region
Tejano People with in Texas. mexican ancestry that lived
Martin de Leon Was the only Mexican empresarios to found a colony in Texas.
Green Dewitt A Texan empresario that brought 400 families to Texas.
Minister A person sent to another country to represent their home country to the government.
Civilians People who are not in the armed forces.
Self-government people from the United States also valued self-goverment.
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