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chapter 3 vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| mission | a settlement in native american territory designed to convert native americans to christanity |
| catechism | a spanish fort that protects a mission |
| epidemic | the rapid spread of a disease in a short time |
| cede | to formaly give up owner ship of something. |
| transform | to change in character or condition |
| establish | to settle tp make towns communities and home steads in an area |
| friar | started mission members of church clergy. like a priest or pastor. |
| factor | part of what creates a result ; piece or contribute |
| fillibuster | a person who wages an unoffical war |
| benefit | something that is good for a person |
| philip nolan | went to tx to trade wild horses and mustangs |
| james wilkinson | hired to take kentucy and loisiana from the us |
| natural ground agreement | area of land that no spanish or us troups could occupy |
| class | your social rank |
| peninsulars | highest class in society |
| criollos | the scond highest class in society |
| mestizos | born to one indian and one spanis parent |
| miguel hidalgo y costilla | protested aginst social classes in spain |
| battle of medina | the bloodest battle ever fought on tx soil |
| james long | orginized a group for a fillibuster trip |
| eventully | some time later; in the end |
| pirate | a person who steals from ships on sea |
| republic | a nation in which voters elect there rulers |
| occupied | to take over or rule another country |
| monarchist | a person who wanted to keep their social rank |
| augustine de iturbide | the leader of monarchists |
| achieve | to acomplish something |
| anti monarchist | commited in both liberty and equalty |
| plan of iguala | a plan for mexico to be a independent country |
| treaty of cordoba | mexicos independence from spain |
| san antoino | named after antonio |
| la bahia | now called goliad tx one of the least mission-presitios |
| nacogdoches | one of the 3 origanl spanish settlement in tx |
| coahulia and texas | the merge of coahulia and texas to maintain spanish rule |
| pecan point | the start of u.s. settlers in tx |
| moses austin | an american busines man |
| sitio | 4428 acres |
| speculator | people who buy large lands and try to sell it by bit to people |
| stephen f austin | father of texas |
| agricultar | the work or preparing the soil ,producing crops and raising live stock |
| collapse | to break down or fail completly |
| milita | a group of armed citizens who serve as soilders during an emergancy |
| grant | a posesion ,such as land leglly given to someon |
| partnership | association of two or more people |
| felipe de austine | the main town of austine colony where he did all buisnes |
| conduct | to direct or lead |
| rebublic of fredonia | haden edwards failed atempt to free texas |
| census | an ofical count of the population of a region |
| tejano | people with mecican ancestery that lived in texas |
| martin de leon | the only mexican empire that brought mexican settlers to tezas |
| green dewitt | a texan empressaric that brought 400 familes to texas |
| minister | |
| civilions | |
| self government |