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chapter three vocab

3.1 3.2 3.3 vocab

TermDefinition
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 led a group to Texas in the late 1800's.
Natural Ground Agreement A agreement between Spain and America 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 Hildalgo y Costilla New Spain priest from Delores.
Jose Bernardo Guterrez de Lara Helped Megee invade Texas.
Battle of medina The battle that Spanish General Joaquin beat Toledo's army.
James Long Led a group to push into Texas.
Eventually Some time later, in the end.
Piarate A person who steals from ships on the sea.
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 Members of a religious order.
Republic A nation in which voters elect representatives to make laws.
occupied To take over another country.
monarchist In the early 1800s, a person who wanted to keep his or her social status and traditions and limit changes and keep the old ways.
Augustine de Iturbide The leader of the anti monarchists that wanted Mexico to be free
Acheive To do or accomplish.
anti monarchist someone who believes in liberty and equality.
Plan of Iguala The plan that stated that Mexico would become a free nation.
Treaty of Cordoba The treaty that made Mexico an independent nation.
San Antonio Named after missionary Antonio, Texas' most important mission town.
La Bahia Now Goliad one of the last mission presidios.
Nacogdoches One of the three original Spanish settlements in Tx.
Abdicate Forced to give up a position of power.
Erasmo Seguin A representative of Coahuila &Texas.
Empresario The Spanish word for contractor, a person who puts together business deals.
Tittle The legal right to own a piece of property.
Pecan Point The start of U.S. settlers in Texas.
Moses Austin An American business man that hoped to make a living off of bringing Steelers to Texas.
Sitio A Spanish unit of representing 4,428 acres of land.
Speculator People who buy land to try to sell it bit by bit.
Stephen F. Austin The "father of Texas" -son of Moses- carried out his father's dream and credited with populating Tx.
Agriculture The work of preparing soil, producing crops and raising livestock.
Collapse To break down or fail completely.
Militia Citizens Who serve as armed 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 Haden Edward's failed attempt to free Texas from Mexico.
Census An official count of the population of a region.
Tejano People with Mexican ancestry that lived in Texas.
Martin de Leon The only Mexican Impresario that brought Mexican settlers to Texas.
Green Dewitt A Texas Impresario that brought 400 families to Texas.
Minister Sent to another country to represent his/ her country.
Civillians People who are not in the armed forces.
Self-government A government where people make laws and take roles.
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