unit three vocabulary
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| Mission | A settlement in Native American territory designed to convert them to Christianity
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| Presidio | A Spanish fort that protects a mission
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| Catechism | A set of Questions and answers about the Catholic faith
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| Epidemic | The rapid spread of a disease in a short period of time
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| Cede | to formally give up ownership of something
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| Transform | to change in character or condition
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| Establish | to settle
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| Friar | started missions; members of church clergy like a priest or a pastor
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| Factor | part of what creates a result; piece or contribution
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| Filibuster | a person who wages an unofficial war on a country
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| benefit | something that is good for a person
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| Neutral Ground Agreement | agreement between Spanish and the U.S. that no soldiers would occupy this land between Texas and Louisiana
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| Class | Social Rank
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| Peninsulares | wealth, upper-class, Spanish born people living in new Spain
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| Criollos | born in new Spain to 2 Spanish parent .2nd class citizens
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| Mestizos | 1 Spanish parents & 1 Indian parents - lower class citizen
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| Battle of medina | Arredondo defeated Toledo & 1400 filibusters. it was the bloodiest battle on Texas soil
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| James Long | an angry U.S. citizen that organized a filibuster group that declared Texas free of Spain
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| Eventually | some time later; in the end
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| Pirate | A person who steals from ships on the sea
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| Republic | a nation in which voters elect their officials
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| occupied | to take over or rule another country a person that wants to keep social orders and classes in new Spain ; Loyal to the king & queen of Spain
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| Monarchist | a person that wants to keep social order and classes in New Spain; Loyal to the King & Queen of Spain
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| Augustine de Iturbide | Leader of the monarchists. Fought against Hidalgo & Morelos to keep social classes
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| Plan of Iguala | Iturbide's compromise between the people of Spain to declare Mexico independent
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| Treaty of Cordoba | The official agreement between Spain & Mexico where Spain agreed to recognize Mexico as its own nation
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| San Antonio | named after missionary Antonio - one of the most important and populated mission towns
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| Nacogdoches | one of the 3 original major Spanish Settlements - home of SFASU
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| Abdicate | forced to give up a position of power
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| Impresario | Spanish word for "contractor" a person who puts together a business deal
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| Title | The legal right to won a piece of property
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| 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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| Moses Austin | An American business man that hoped to bring U.S. settlers to Spanish Texas
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| Sitio | a Spanish unit of measuring land - 4.428 acres
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| Speculator | people who buy large pieces of land and resell portions to make money
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| Stephen F. Austin | "The Father of Texas" - Son of Moses - carried out his father's dream and is credited with populating Texas with settlers
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| Agriculture | the work of preparing the soil, producing crops, and raising livestock
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| collapse | to break down or fail completely
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| Militia | a group of armed citizens that serve as soldiers during an emergency
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| Grant | a possession, such as land, legally given to a person for free
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| partnership | associations of 2 or more people on a business venture
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| conduct | to direct or lead
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| Republic of Fredonia | Haden Edward's failed attempt to free Texas from Mexico
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| census | an official count of the population in a region
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| Tejano | people with Mexican ancestry living in Texas
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| Minister | A person sent to another country to represent their home country to the government
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| Self-government | a government in which people take an active role in making laws and decisions
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| Civilians | people who are not in the armed forces
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| Achieve | to do or accomplish
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| Anti-monarchist | a person who is committed to liberty & equality and wants to get rid of the monarchy (king & queen)
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