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Ch. 3 vocab
3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4, 3.5, 3.6 vocab.
Term | Definition |
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Mission | A settlement in Native American territory designed to covert Native Americans to Christianity |
Presidio | A Spanish fort that protects a mission |
Catechism | A set of questions and answers about catholic beliefs |
Epidemic | The rapid spread of a disease in a short time |
Cede | To formally give up ownership of something |
Transform | To change in character or condition |
Establish | To settle; to make towns, communities & homesteads in an area |
Friar | started missions; members of church clergy like a priest or pastor |
Factor | Part of what creates a result; piece or contribution |
Filibuster | A person who wages on unofficial war on a country |
Benefit | Something that is good for a person |
Philip Nolan | Made dealings leaders to US |
James Wilkinson | A general in the U.S. army |
Natural Ground Agreement | Area of land that no Spanish or US troops could occupy |
Class | Social rank |
Peninsulares | Spanish born, upper class, wealth |
Criollos | Born in New Spain to Spanish parents, second class |
Mestizos | Born to one Spanish parent and one Native American parent |
Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla | Wrote the "cry of Dolores" to end the power and social classes |
Jose Bernardo Guterres de Lara | Invaded Texas |
Battle of Medina | A battle where Tolede & up to 1400 filibusters died |
James Long | He organized a group for a filibustering trip |
Eventually | Some time later; in the end |
Pirate | A person who steals from ships on the sea |
Republic | A nation in which voters elect representatives to make laws |
Occupied | To take over or rule another country |
Monarchist | In the early 1800s in New Spain, a person who wanted to keep his or her high social status and traditions and wanted to limit changes and keep the old ways |
Augustine de Iturbide | The laptop of the monarchists that wrote plan of Iguala |
Achieve | Collections of important public documents, such as constitutions and other public records |
Anti-Monarchist | In the early 1800s in New Spain, a person who was committed to liberty and equality and who favored revolutionary changes in government and in traditional social order |
Plan of Iguala | A compromise between peninsulares and criollos |
Treaty of Cordoba | Made the nation of Mexico official |
San Antonio | Named after missionary Antonio- Texas' most important mission town |
La Bahia | Now called Goliad, TX. one of the last mission-presidios |
Nacogdoches | One of the 3 original Spanish settlements in Texas |
Abdicate | Forced to give up a position of power |
Erasmo Seguin | A settler of San Antonio who represented Coahuila & Texas to Mexican congress |
Coahuila & Texas | The merge of Coahuila & Texas to maintain Spanish rule |
Empresario | The Spanish word for "Contractor" a person who puts together business deals |
Title | The legal right to own a piece of property |
Pecan Point | The start of U.S. settlers in Texas |
Moses Austin | An American business man that hoped to make a living off of bringing settlers to Texas |
Sitio | A Spanish unit of measure representing 4,428 acres of land |
Speculator | People who buy large areas of land and try to sell the land bit by bit to others |
Stephen F. Austin | "The Father of Texas" -son of Moses -carried out his fathers dream & is credited with populating Texas with setters |
Agriculture | The work of preparing soil, producing crops, and raising livestock |
Collapse | To break down or fail completely |
Militia | A group or armed citizens who serve as soldiers during an emergency |
Grant | A possession, such as land, legally given to someone for free or very little money |
Partnership | Associations of two or more people in a business venture |
San Felipe de Austin | The main town of Austin colony where he did all his business |
Conduct | To direct or lead |
Republic of Fredonia | Haden Edwards failed attempt to free Texas from Mexico |
Census | An official count of the population of a region |
Tejano | People with Mexican ancestry that lived in Texas |
Martin de Leon | The only Mexican Empressaria that brought Mexican settlers to Texas |
Green Dewitt |