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Ch 3 vocab
3.1,3.2,3.3,3,4 ,5,6 vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Moses | An American business ma that hoped to make a living off of bringing settlers to Texas |
| Sitio | A Spanish unit of measure representing 4,428 areas of land |
| Speculator | people who by large areas of land and try to sell the land bit by to others |
| Stephen F. Austin | "the father of Texas" - son of Moses- carried out his Fathers dreams and is credited with populating Tx with settlers |
| Agriculture | The work or preparing the soil , producing crops , and raising livestock |
| Collapse | To brake down or fail completely |
| Militia | A group of aimed citizens who served as soldiers during a emergency \] |