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Stack #4298669
| 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 of spread of a disease in a short period of time |
| cede | to formally give up ownership of something |
| transform | to change in character or condition |
| establish | to settle |
| friar | stared missions members of church clergy like a priest or a pastoe |
| 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 soldiers 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 |
| meztizos | 1 spanish parent and 1 indian parent -lower class citizens |
| battle of medina | arredondo defeated toledo & 1400 fillibusters it was the bloodiest battle on texas spain |
| james long | an angry U.S. citezen that orginized a fillbuster 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 votes elect their offcials |
| occupid | to take over 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 iterbide | Leader of the monarchist. Fought agianst Hidalgo & morelos to keep social classes |
| plan of iguala | iterbide's compromise between the people of spain to declare mexico independent |
| Treaty of cordoba | the official agreement between spain and mexico where spain agreed to recognize mexico as its own nation |
| san antonio | named after missionary Antonio- one of the most important and populated mission towns |
| nacogdoches | one of the 3 orginal major spainsh settlements -home of SFASU |
| abdicate | forced to give up a position of power |
| empresario | spanish word for "contracter" a person who puts together a buisniss deal |
| title | the legal right to won a piece of propery |
| pecan point | loop in the red river - start of the growing intreast in texas by U.S. settlers- refuge point to avoid the justice by outlaws |
| moses Austin | an american buisness man that hoped to bring U.S. settlers to spainsh texas |
| sitio | a spanish unit of measuring land-4.428 acres |
| specculater | people who buy large pieces of land and resell portions to make money |
| stephan f austin | "The father of Texas" - carried out his father's dream and is credited with populating texas with settlars |
| agricultere | the work of preparing the soil producing crops crops and raising livestock |
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