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Unit 3 Vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Mission | A settlement in Native American territory designed to convert them to Christanity |
| Prresidio | A spanish fort that protects a mission |
| Catechism | A set of questions and answers about 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 or condition |
| Establish | To settle |
| Friar | Started mission; missions;members of church clergy like priest or a pastor |
| Factor | Part of what creates a result ; piece or contribution |
| Fillibuster | A person who wages an unoffical war on a country |
| benefit | something that is good for a person |
| Natural Ground Agreement | Argeement between Spain and the U.S. that no soldiers would occupy this land between Texas and Lousisana |
| 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 & 2 Spanish 2nd class citizens |
| Battle od Medine | Arredondo defeated Toledo & 1400 filibusters.It was the bloodiest battle on Texas soil |
| James Long | An angry U.S. cititzens trhat organzied a filibuster group declared Texas free of Spaim |
| 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 officals |
| Augustine de Iterbide | Leader of the monarchists. Fought against 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 & 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 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 |
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