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chapter 3 vocab
Question | Answer |
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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 |