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Chapter 3 Vocab
Vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Factor | Part of what creates a result |
| filibuster | A person who wages an unofficial war on a country |
| benefit | something that is good for a person |
| Philip Nolan | Horse Trader |
| James Wilkinson | General form the U.S |
| Natural Ground Agreement | Agreement between Spain and U.S that no soldiers would occupy this land |
| Class | Social rank |
| Peninsulares | Spaniard people |
| Criollos | Born in New Spain to Spanish parents |
| Mestizo | Born to one Spanish parent and one Native American parent |
| Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla | Priest for Dolores that wanted to end social rank |
| Jose Bernard Guterrez de Lara | Mexican rebel |
| Battle of Medina | Kempers fighters declared independence for Texas |
| James Long | An angry man who organized a trip |
| Eventually | Soon after |
| Pirate | A person who steals from ships on the sea |
| Republic | A nation in which voters elect a representatives to make new laws |
| Occupied | to take over or rule another country |
| Monarchist | A person who wanted to keep his or her social rank |
| Augustine de Iturbide | The leader of the monarchist |
| Achieve | To do or accomplish |
| Anti-Monarchist | A person who wanted equal social rank |
| Plan of Iguala | The plan that stated Mexico would become an independent nation |
| Treaty of Cordoba | The treaty that made Mexico officially independent |
| San Antonio | Named after missionary Antonio - one of the most important missions |
| La Bahia | Now called Goliad-Main missionary and last presidio set up |
| Nacogdoches | One of the 3 original major Spanish settlements |
| Abdicate | Forced to give up position or power |
| Erasmo Seguin | The settlers of San Antonio |
| Coahuila & Texas | The merge of Coahuila and Texas to maintain Spanish rule |
| Empresario | The people responsible for settling Texas |
| Title | The legal right to own a proporty |
| Pecan Point | A loop in the Red River in northern Texas formed Pecan point |
| Moses Austin | A young man who set out for Texas in 1820 |
| Sitio | A Spanish unit of measurement 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 | Father of Texas |
| Agriculture | The work of preparing soil, producing crops, and raising livestock |
| Collapse | To break down or fail completely |
| Militia | A group of armed citizens who serve as soldiers during an emergency |
| Grant | A possession such as land (equally given to someone) |
| San Felipe de Austin | The main town of Austin's colony where he did his business |
| Conduct | To direct or lead |
| Republic of Fredonia | Hayden Edwards failed attempt to free Texas from Mexico |
| Cencus | The official count of population of a region |
| Tejano | People with Mexican ancestry that lived in Texas |
| Martin de Leon | The only Mexican empresario to found a colony in Texas |
| Green Dewitt | A Texas empresario |
| Minister | A person went sent to another country to represent his or her government |
| Civilians | People who are not in armed forces |
| Self-government | A government in which people take an active role in Making laws and decisions |
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