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unit 3 vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| mission | a settlement in Native American territory designed to convert them to Christianity. |
| presidio | a spanish fort that protects a mission |
| catechism | a set of questions and answers about the Catholic faith |
| Epidemic | the rapid spread of a disease in a short period of time |
| cede | to formally give up ownership of something |
| transform | to change in character of condition |
| establish | to settle |
| friar | started missions; members of church clergy like a priest or a pastor |
| 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 |
| Neutral Ground Agreement | agreement between spain and the U.S. that no solders would occupy this land between texas and louisiana |
| class | social rank |
| peninsulares | wealthy, upper-class, spanish born people living in New spain |
| criollos | born in new spain to 2 spanish parents. 2nd class citizens |
| mestizos | 1 spanish parents & 1 indian parent - lower class citizen |
| battle of medina | Arredondo defeated toledo & 1400 filibuster. it was the bloodiest battle on texas soil |
| mestizos | 1 spanish parents & 1 indian parent - lower class citizen |
| james long | an angry U.S. citizen that organized a filibuster group that declared texas free of spain |
| eventually | some time later; in the end |
| pirate | a person who steals from ships on the sea |
| republic | a nation in which voters elect their officials |
| occupied | to take over or rule another country |
| monarchist | a person that wants to keep social order and classes in new spain ; loyal to the king & queen of spain |
| Augustine de Iturbide | leader of the monarchists. Fought against Hidalgo & morelos to keep social classes |
| plan of Iguala | Iturbide's compromise between the people if spain to declare Mexico independent |
| treaty of cordoba | the official agreement between spain & mexico where spain agreed to recognize mexico as its own nation |
| san antonio | named after missionary antonio - on3 of the most important and populated mission towns |
| Nacogdoches | one of the 3 original major spanish settlements - home of SFASU |
| abdicate | forced to give up a position of power |
| empresario | Spanish word for "contractor" a person who puts together a business deal |
| title | the legal right to won a piece of property |
| pecan point | loop in the Red River - start of the growing interest in Texas by U.S. settlers - refuge point to avoid the justice by outlaws |
| moses austin | An American business man that hoped to bring U.S. settlers to spanish texas |
| sitio | a spanish unit of measuring land - 4.428 aces |
| speculator | people who buy large pieces of land and resell portions to make money |
| Stephen F. Austin | "the father of texas" - son of moses - carried out his father's dream and is credited with populating texas 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 that serve as soldiers during an emergency |
| grant | a possession, such as land, legally given to a person for free |
| partnership | associations of 2 or more people an a business venture |
| conduct | to direct or lead |
| republic of fredonia | haden edward's failed attempt to free texas from mexico |
| census | an official count of the population in a region |
| tejano | people with mexican ancestry living in texas |
| minister | a person sent to another country to represent their home country to the government |
| self-government | a government in which people take an active role in making laws and decisions |
| cicilans | people who are not in the armed forces |
| achieve | to do or accomplish |
| anti-monarchist | a person who is committed to liberty & equality and wants to get rid of the monarchy (king & Queen) |