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Ch. 3 vocab.

3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4, 3.5, 3.6 vocab.

TermDefinition
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 question and answer 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 character or condition
Establish To settle; to make towns, communities & homestead in an area
Friar started mission; members of church, clergy like a priest or pastor
Factor part of what creates a result piece or contribution
filibuster a person who wage an unofficial war on a country
benefit something that is good for a person
Philip Nolan a horse trader who came to Texas
James Wilkinson a man Philip had dealings with and James was general
neutral ground Agreement agreement between Spain and U.S that no troops would occupy this land
class Social rank
Peninsulares wealthy, Spanish born, upper class person
criollos Born in New Spain to Spanish parent, 2nd class
Mestizos 1 Spanish parent & 1 Indian parent lower class person
Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla looked for a change in New Spain
Jose Bernardo Gutierrez de Lara worked with Magee to invade Texas
Battle of Medina A fight between keeper and Gutierrez
James Long an angry American war
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 in the early 1800s in New Spain, a person who wanted to keep his or her high social status and traditions and wanted to limit changes and keep the old ways
Augustine de Iturbide the leader of the monarchists
Achieve to do or accomplish
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 the land bit by bit to others.
Stephen F. Austin "The Father of Texas"-son of Moses- carried out his father's dream and is credited with populating Tx 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 her government
Grant a possession, such as land, legally given to someone for free or very little money
partnership association 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 Edwards failed attempt to free Texas from Mexico
census a official count of the population of a region
Tejano people with Mexican ancestry that lived in Texas
Martin de Leon the only Mexican Empression 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
Anti-Monarchist in the early 1800 in New Spain, a person who was committed to liberty and equality and who founded revolutionary changes in government and ing the traditional social order
plan of Iguala to fight for rights for indians, mestizos and african
treaty of Cordoba Spain agreed to accept the terms of the Iguala plan
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 the 3 original Spanish settlements in Tx
Abdicate forced to give up a position of power
Erasmo Seguin a settler of San Antonio
Coahuila & Texas the merge of Coahuila & Tx 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 candy
Pecan point the start of U.S Settlers in Tx.
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