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vocabulary 7.0
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Squatter | Someone who settles on public land under government regulation with the hope of acquiring title to the land. |
| Guarantee | To assure or promise to secure against default. |
| Convert | To bring over from one belief,view, or party to another. |
| Overlander | Someone who travels Overlands to the west. |
| Secularize | To transfer the use, possession, or control of something from church to civil authority. |
| Civil | Of or relating. |
| Mestizo | A person of mixed blood or ancestry. |
| Vaqueros | Men on horseback who herded cattle on haciendas. |
| Convention | An assembly of persons who meet for a common purpose. |
| Reinforcement | Additional assistance, material, or support to strengthen an existing situation. |
| Annexition | The incorporation of a territory the domain of a country. |
| Resolution | a formal expression of opinion,will, or intent voted by an official body or assembly. |
| Envoy | A person delegated to represent one country to another. |
| Secure | To make free from risk of loss. |
| Cede | To give up by treaty. |
| Empresario | A person who arranged for the settlement of Texas in the early 1800s. |