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Social Studies Vocabulary

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Anglo   a white person of European descent.  
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colony   a country or area under the control of another country;a group of people living there.  
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constitution   a written statement outlining the basic laws for a state or country.  
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empresario   a person given a land grant by the Mexican government to make a settlement and recruit people to live there.  
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land grant   a contract that gives ownership of a plot of land.  
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massacre   a killing of many people.  
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militias   groups of citizen soldiers.  
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pneumonia   a serious lung infection that makes it hard to breathe.  
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republic   a political system in which people elect representatives to make laws for them.  
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revolution   an act of overthrowing and replacing one government with another.  
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tejano   a Mexican-born Texan.  
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Texians   people living in Mexican Texas between 1821 and 1836.  
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commerce   the buying and selling of goods and services.  
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conquistidor   a Spanish conqueror of the Americas in the sixteenth century.  
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convert   to adopt new religious beliefs.  
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hostile   very unfriendly.  
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mestizos   people of mixed American Indians and European descent living in Mexico.  
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mission   a religious and military outpost established by the Spanish during colonization.  
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missionaries   people who share their religious faith with others,usually in other countries.  
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presidio   a Spanish fort staffed by soldiers.  
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squatters   people who settle on land without rights or titles.  
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Western Hemisphere   the part of the world the include the continents North and South America.  
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