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Texas History Unit 2

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colony   A land claimed for and controlled by a distant nation  
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presidio   Spanish settlement built to provide military protection from Native attacks.  
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mission   Spanish settlement built to convert Natives to the Catholic faith  
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rancho   Spanish settlements of large land established for raising cattle  
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1492   Columbus discovered the New World  
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Cortez   governor of a colony who represents a king  
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Estevanico   North African who survived a shipwreck and explored the southwestern U.S. with Cabeza DeVaca  
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Cibola   Rumored seven cities of gold sought by Spanish explorers  
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Columbian Exchange   the transfer of plants, animals, and diseases between the Americas and other continents since the time of Columbus  
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tejano   a person of Hispanic descent, who is from Texas  
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revolution   a change in political power, especially the overthrow or replacing of one government or ruler with another  
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vaquero   a ranch hand or cowboy who makes his living raising cattle, sheep, or other animals  
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cede   the transfer of land from one country to another  
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republic   A government where power belongs to the citizens who vote for representatives that will work for the government  
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filibuster   an adventurer who engages in illegal activity in a foreign country  
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Fray Damian Massanet   oversaw the establishment of Spanish missions in East Texas; ordered the burning of San Francisco de Los Tejas  
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Jose Escandon   Governor of Spanish colonies in South Texas for the purpose of keeping out the French  
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Antonio Margil de Jesus   oversaw Spanish missions in East Texas to keep out the French; started the Chicken War  
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Francisco Hidalgo   established the mission of San Francisco de Los Tejas, and asked the French for help  
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conquistador   soldiers & adventurers in search of glory, gold, and land  
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epidemic   outbreak of disease that spreads quickly among a group of people  
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mustang   horse found on the plains of North America originally brought here by the Spanish  
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Cabeza DeVaca   Spanish survivor of the Narvaez expedition who lived with the Karankawa and kept a diary of his experiences  
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LaSalle   French explorer in 1680 who shipwrecked off the coast of Texas after missing the mouth of the Mississippi  
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Cortez   Spanish explorer who conquered the Aztecs, finding gold and colonizing New Spain  
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Coronado   Spanish explorer who searched the plains of Texas for the 7 cities of gold in 1540  
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Pineda   Spanish explorer who mapped the coastline of Texas in 1519  
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Moscoco   Spanish explorer who took over after DeSoto's death to lead his men back to New Spain through Texas in 1542  
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1519   year that Spanish explorers first reached Texas, creating a map of the coastline  
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DeSoto   Spanish conquistador who explored the interior of North America in 1540 before dying on the banks of the Mississippi River  
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Expedition   a journey undertaken by a group of people with a definite purpose  
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