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Ch. 3 vocab.
3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4, 3.5, 3.6 vocab.
Term | Definition |
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Mission | A settlement in Native American territory designed to convert them to the Catholic faith |
Presidio | A Spanish fort that protects a mission |
Catechism | A set of questions and answers about Catholic beliefs |
Epidemic | The rapid spread of 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 homesteads in an area |
Friar | Started missions; members of church clergy like a priest or pastor |
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 in the 1700's |
James Wilkinson | A general and agent for the U.S. army |
Natural Ground Agreement | Agreement between Spain and U.S. that no soldier would occupy this land |
Class | Social rank in the Spanish system |
Peninsulares | Born in Spain, best jobs, wealthy |
Criollo | Born in New Spain to Spanish parents, second class |
Mestizo | Born to one Spanish and one Indian parent |
Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla | A priest from Dolores who wanted to end the power of the peninsulares |
Jose Bernardo Guterrez de Lara | A Mexican rebel who invaded Texas with Lt. Magee |
Battle of Medina | Spanish General de Arredondo attacked and defeated Toledo's army in 1813 |
James Long | An angry man who organized a group for a filibustering trip |
Eventuallly | Sometime 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 | Took up space or resided |
Monarchist | A person who wants to keep their high social status and traditions the old way |
Augustine de Iturbide | The leader of the monarchist that wrote the Plan of Iguala |
Achieve | To reach or accomplish the goal |
Anti-Monarchist | The opposite of a monarchist |
Plan of Iguala | A compromise between peninsulares and criollos that made them equal |
Treaty of Cordoba | The treaty that made the Plan of Iguala official |
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 three original Spanish settlements in Texas |
Abdicate | Forced to give up a position of power |
Erasmo Seguin | A settler of San Antonio who represented Coahuila & Texas to the Mexican Congress |
Coahuila & Texas | The merge of Coahuila and Texas to maintain Spanish rule |
Empresario | Spanish word for contractor; responsible for settling Texas |
Title | 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 settlers to 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 it |
Stephen F. Austin | "The father of Texas"- Son of Moses- carried out his father's dream and is credited with populating Texas with settlers |
Agriculture | The work of preparing the soil; producing crops, and raising livestock |
Collapse | To break down or fail completely |
Militia | A group of armed citizens who serve as soldiers during an emergency |
Grant | A possession, such as land, legally given for free or very little money |
Partnerships | Associations of two or more people in a business |
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 the region |
Tejano | People with Mexican ancestry that lived in Texas |
Martin de Leon | The only Mexican empressario that brought Mexican settlers to Texas |
Green Dewitt | A Texan empressario 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 | A government in which the people take an active role in making laws and decisions |