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Ch.3 vocab

3.1,3.2,3.3,3.4,3.5,3.6 vocab

TermDefinition
Mission A settlement in Native American territory designed to convert Native Americans to Christianity.
Presidio A Spanish fort that protects a mission.
Catechism A set of questions and answers 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
Establish To settle
Friar Are members of the clergy who belong to religious groups called orders.
Factor Part of what creates a result: piece or contribution
Filibuster A person who wages an unofficial war on a country.
Benefit Something that is good for a person.
Philip Nolan A horse trader that came to Texas.
James Wilkinson A general that was hired as an agent.
Natural Ground Agreement Agreement between Spanish and U.S that no soldier would occupy this land.
Class Social rank.
Peninsulares Born in Spain, had the best jobs, wealthy
Criollos Born in new Spain to Spanish parents, second class.
Mestizos Born to one Spanish parent and one Native American parent.
Miguel hidalgo y Costilla A priest that wanted to end the power of the Peninsulares.
Jose Bernardo Gutiérrez de Lara Invader of Texas.
Battle of Medina The bloodiest ever fought on Texas soil.
James Long A doctor who organized a group for a filibustering trip.
Eventually Some time later in the end.
Pirate A person who steals from ships to sea.
Republic A nation in which voters elect representatives to make laws.
Occupied Something that is already in use.
Monarchist A person who wanted to keep his or her social status and trade things.
Augustine de Iturbide The leader of the monarchist.
Achieve To complete something.
Anti-Monarchist A person who was committed to liberty and equality.
Plan of Iguala To make Mexico become an independent nation.
Treaty of Cordoba The nation of Mexico was born.
San Antonio Named after missionary Antonio-Texas 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 up a position of power.
Erasmo Seguin A settler of San Antonio.
Coahuila and Texas The merge of Coahuila and Tx to maintain Spanish rule.
Empresario The Spanish word for "contractor", a person who puts together business deals.
Title The name of something.
Pecan Point The start of U.S> settlers in Tx.
Moses Austin An American business men that hoped to make a living off of bringing settlers to Texas.
Sitio A Spanish unit of measure repersenting4,428 areas of land.
Speculator People who buy large areas of land/sell the land.
Stephen F. Austin "The father of Texas" -son of Moses-carried out his fathers dream and is credited with populating Tx with settlers.
Agriculture The work of preparing the soil, producing crops.
Collapse To break down or fail completely.
Militia A group of armed citizens who serve as soldiers during an emergcy.
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 ventere.
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 Haden Edwards failed attempt to free Texas from Mexico.
Census An official count of the population of a region.
Tejano People with Mexico ancestry that lived in Texas.
Martian de Leon The only Mexican Empressario that brought Mexican settlers to Texas.
Green Dewitt A Texas empressario.
Minister A person sent to another country to represent his or her government.
Civilians People who are not armed forces.
Self-Government A government in which the people take an active role in making laws and decions.
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