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Ch 3 vocab
3.1, 3.2, 3.3 vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Republic | a nation which voters elect representatives to make laws |
| Occupied | to take over or rule another country |
| monarchist | a person who wanted to keep his or her social status or traditions |
| Augustine De Iturbide | fought against Hidalgo, Morelos ,and their followers |
| Achieve | to do or accomplish |
| Anti Monarchist | a person who was committed to liberty |
| Plan of Iguala | the plan for Mexico to become an independent nation |
| Treaty of Cordoba | On August 24, 1821, the nation of Mexico was born. |
| San Antonion | named after missionary Antonio Texas most important mission town |
| La Bahia | now called Goliad Tx one of the last mission presidios |
| Nacogdoches | one of the 3 original Spanish settlements |
| Abdicate | To back down or resign |
| Erasmo Seguin | settler of San Antonio |
| Coahuila and Texas | the merge |
| Empresario | A person who puts together business deals |
| Title | the legal right to own a piece of property |
| Pecan point | the start of us settlers in Tx |
| Mission | a settlement in native American territory |
| Presidio | a Spanish fort that protects a mission |
| Catechism | a set of questions and answers 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, and home steads in an area |
| Friar | started missions, members of the church clergy |
| Factor | part of what creates a result, piece or contribution |
| filibuster | a person who wages an unofficial war on a country |
| benefit | something that is good for a person |
| Philip Nolan | captured and traded wild horses in Texas |
| James Wilkinson | led a group in Texas in the late 1800 |
| Natural ground agreement | agreement between Spain an US that no soldier would occupy this land |
| class | social rank |
| Peninsulares | wealthy Spanish upper class in society |
| criollos | born in new Spain to Spanish parents |
| Mestizos | born to one Spanish parent and one Native American parent |
| Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla | he is a priest from dolores, and he wanted to end social rank |
| Battle of Medina | Spanish General Arrendondo attacked and defeated Toledds Army which was the bloodiest battle on Texas soil |
| James Long | a angry man that organized a filibustering trip that eventually pushed into Texas |
| Pirate | A person who steals from ships on the sea. |