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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 desighned to convert in christanity .
Presidio A spanish fort that protects a mission.
Catechism A set of questions and answers about catholic beliefs.
Epidemic A rapid spread of a disease in a short time.
Cede To formally give up ownership of something.
Transform To change
Establish To settle
Friar 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
James Wilkinson A general ,he was hired a double agent
Natural Ground Agreement Agreement between Spain and U.S that no soldier will occupy this land
Class Social rank
Peninsulares Born in New Spain ,best jobs ,and wealthy
Criollos Born in New Spain ,to Spanish parents
Mestizos Born to one Spanish parent and one Native American parent
Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla A priest who wanted to end the power of Peninsulares .
Jose Bernardo Guterrez de Lara A Mexican rebel
Battle of Medina The bloodiest battle ever fought on Texas soil
James Long A doctor who organized a group for a filibuster trip
Eventually Some time later ; in the end
Pirate A person who steals from ships on the sea
Republic A national in which voters elect representatives to make laws
Occupied To take over or rule another country
Monarchist Person who wanted to keep their social status and traditions in New Spain
Augustine de Iturbide The leader of the monarchist
Achieve To do or accomplish
Anti Monarchist A person who is commited to liberty and enequality and changes social order in New Spain
Plan of Iguala A plan that supporters agree with
Treaty of Cordoba Something that Spain agreed with
San Antonio Texas most important mission town
La Bahia Now called Goliad Tx -one of the last mission -presidio
Nacogdoches One of the 3 original Spanish settlements in Texas
Abdicate Forced to give up a position of power
Erasmo Seguin A settler of San Antonio
Coahuila & Texas The Merge of Coahuila ,Texas to maintain Spanish rule
Empresario Spanish word for 'contactor' a person who puts buisness deals
Title The legal right to own a piece of property
Pecan Point The start of U.S settlers in Texas
Moses Austin A man who set out in 1820 to Texas
Sitio A Spanish unit of measure representing 4,428 acres of land
Speculator People who buy large areas of land and sell the land
Stephen F. Austin 'The father of Texas '-son of Moses-carried out his father's dream and is credited with populating Tx with settlers .
Agriculture The work of preparing the soul , producing crops, and raising livestock
Collapse To break down or fail completely
Militia Group of armed citizens who served as soldiers in 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 buisnes venture
San Felipe de Austin The main town of Austin's colony where he did all his buisnes
Conduct To direct or lead
Republic of Fredonia Hadden Edward's failed attempt to free Texas from Mexico
Census An official count of the population of a region
Tejano People who lived in Texas
Martin de Leon The only Mexican Empressario that bought Mexican settlers to Texas
Green Dewitt A Texas Empressario
Minister A person sent to another country to represent its government
Civilians People who are not in armed forces
Self government A government in which the people take an active role in making laws and decisions .
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