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ch.3 vocab
3.1,2,3,4,5,6 vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| republic | a nation in which votes elect representatives to make laws. |
| occupied | to take over or rule another country |
| monarchist | a person who wanted to keep their high social status; keep the old ways |
| agustine de iturbide | leader of monarchist; leader of Mexico |
| achieve | to do or accomplish |
| anti-monarchist | a person who was commited to liberty and equality and wanted revolutionary changes. |
| plan of iguala | stated that Mexico would become and independent nation. |
| treaty of cordoba | established Mexican independence from Spain |
| San Antonio | Texas most important mission town |
| la bahia | one of the last mission-presidios |
| nacogdoches | one of the 3 original Spanish settlements in Tx |
| abdicate | forced to give up a position of power |
| erasmo seguin | helped to draft the Constitution of 1824 |
| coahuila & texas | The merge of Coahuila & Texas to maintain spanish rule |
| empresario | Spanish term for 'contractor'. |
| title | the legal right to own a piece of property |
| Pecan point | the start of U.S. settlers in Tx |
| 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 |
| filip nolan | a horse trader for spain |
| natural ground agreement | agreement between Spain and U.S. that no soldier would occupy this land |
| peninsulares | born in Spain, best jobs, wealthy, first class. |
| criollos | born in new Spain to spanish parents, second class |
| mestizos | born to a spanish and indian parent. |
| Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla | a person that wanted social class equality |
| james wikinson | became the Territorial Governor of Louisiana after the Louisiana Purchase from the French |
| class | assign or regard as belonging to a particular category. |
| Jose Bernardo Guterrez de Lara | played a part in the Mexican revolution. |
| battle of medina | the first Texas revolution |
| james long | filibuster who led an unsuccessful expedition to seize control of Spanish Texas |
| eventually | some time later |
| pirate | a person who steals from ships |
| mission | a settlement in native american territory to convert indians to christianity |
| 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 |
| friar | members of the clergy who belong to religious groups called orders |
| Moses Austin | |
| sitio | |
| speculator | |
| Stephen F. Austin | |
| Agriculture | |
| collapse | |
| milita | |
| grant | |
| partnership | |
| San Felipe de Agustin | |
| conduct | |
| Republic of Fredonia | |
| census | |
| Tejano | |
| Martin de Leon | |
| Green Dewitt | |
| minister | |
| civilians | |
| self-government |