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chapter 3 vocab.
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| MISSION | a settlement in native American territory designed to convert native american to christianity. |
| PRESIDIO | a spanish fort that protects a mission |
| CATECHISM | a set of questions and answers about cathlic belief. |
| EPIDIMIC | the rapid spread of disease in a short amount of time. |
| CEDE | to formally give up ownership of something |
| TRANSFORM | to change in character or condition |
| ESTABLISH | to settle;to make towns, comunnities and homesteads in an area |
| FRIAR | started mission ; members of church clergy like a preist or paster |
| FACTER | part of what creates a result piece of contribution |
| FIFLIBUSTER | a person who wages an not offical war in a country |
| BENIFIT | something that is good for a person |
| PHILIP NOLAN | a horse trader |
| JAMES WILKINSON | a genral in the u.s army |
| NEUTRAL GROUND AGREEMENT | area of land that no spanish or united troops could ocupie |
| CLASS | social rank |
| PENISULARES | spanish born high class |
| CRIOLLOS | born in new spain to both spanish parents second class |
| MESTIZOS | Born to one spanish and one native american middle class |
| MIGUEL HIDALGO Y COSTILLA | wrote cry of delerez to end the poer of pensulares |
| JOSE BERNADO GUTERREZ DE LARA | HE INVADED TEXAS |
| BATTLE OF MEDINA | bloodiest battle on texas soil |
| JAMES LONG | he organized a group for a fiflibustering trip |
| EVENTUALLY | some time later in the end |
| PIRATE | A person who steals from ships at sea |
| REPUBLIC | a nation in which voters elect representatives to make laws |
| OCCUPIED | to take over or take away |
| MONARCHIST | a person who wanted to keep his/her social ranking high |
| AUGISTINE DE ITURBIDE | for ten years he had fought against hidaglo merolos and their followers |
| ACHIEVE | goal that you completed |
| ANTI-MONARTCHIST | a person who is committed to liberty and equality |
| PLAN OF IGUALA | Mexican would become an independent nation |
| TREATY OF CORDOBA | Spain agreed to accept the teams of plan of iguala |
| SAN ANTONIO | named after missionary ANTONIO |
| LA BAHIA | now called GALIAD TX. one of the last mission- PRESIDIO |
| NACOGDOCHES | one of the 3 original Spanish settlements in TX. |
| ABDICATE | forced to give up a position of power |
| ERASMO SEGUIN | named by San Antonio |
| COAHULIA AND TEXAS | the merge of Coahuila and TX. maintain Spanish rule |
| EMPRESARIO | the Spanish word (contractor) person who does business deals |
| TITLE | legal right to own a piece of property |
| PEACAN POINT | the 1st people known to settle were a group of Caddo Indians were |