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ch.3 vocab.
3.1,3.2,3.3,3.4,3.5,3.6 vocab.
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Mission | A settlement in Native American territory designed to convert Native American to Christanity |
| 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 in a character or condition |
| Establish | To settle; to make towns, communities and home steads in an area |
| Friar | Started missions; members of church clergy like a priest or pastor |
| Factor | Part of what creates a result; piece or contrubution |
| Filibuster | A person who wages on unofficial war on a country |
| Benefit | Something that is good for a person |
| Philip Nolan | A horse traider |
| James Wilkinson | A general in the U.S army |
| Nuetral Ground Agreement | Area of land that no spanish or U.S troops could occupie |
| Class | Social rank |
| Peninsulares | Spanish born, high class |
| 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 | He wrote the Cry of Doleres to end the power of Peninsulares |
| Jose Bernardo Guterrez de Lara | Decided to invaded Texas |
| Battle of Medina | The place where Joaquin de Arrendondo defeated Toledo's army |
| James Long | He organized a group for a filibustering trip |
| Eventually | Some time 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 | To take over or rule another country |
| Monarchist | Person who wanted to keep his or her high social status |
| Augustine de Iturbide | Leader of the monarchists |
| Achieve | To do or accomplish |
| Anti-Monarchist | Person who commited to liberty & equality |
| Plan of Iguala | Plan where Mexico would become an independent nation |
| Treaty of Cordoba | Made the city of Mexico official |
| San Antonio | Named after missionary Antonio-Texas most important mission town |
| La Bahia | Now called Goliad, Texas. One of the last missions -presidious |
| Nacogdoches | One of the 3 original Spanish settlements in Texas |
| Abdicate | Forced to give up a position of power |
| Erasmo Seguin | Represented Coahuila and Texas to the Mexican congress |
| Coahuila & Texas | The merge of Coahuila & Texas to maintain Spanish rule |
| Empresario | The Spanish word for "contractor" a person who puts together business deals |
| Title | The legal right to own a piece of property |
| Pecan Point | The start of U.S setterlers in Texas |
| Moses Austin | An America business man that hoped to make a living |
| Sitio | A Spanish unit of measuers representing 4,428 acres of land |
| Speculator | People who buy large areas of land and try to sell the land bit by bit to others |
| Stephen F. Austin | ''The Father of Texas''-son of moses-carried out his father's dream |
| 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 a emergancy |
| Grant | A possesion, such as land, legally given to someone |
| 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 |
| 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 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 his or her 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 |
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