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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 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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