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chapter 3 vocab.
Term | Definition |
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MISSION | a settlement in native American territory designed to convert native american to christianity. |
PRESIDIO | a spanish fort that protects a mission |
CATECHISM | a set of questions and answers about cathlic belief. |
EPIDIMIC | the rapid spread of disease in a short amount of time. |
CEDE | to formally give up ownership of something |
TRANSFORM | to change in character or condition |
ESTABLISH | to settle;to make towns, comunnities and homesteads in an area |
FRIAR | started mission ; members of church clergy like a preist or paster |
FACTER | part of what creates a result piece of contribution |
FIFLIBUSTER | a person who wages an not offical war in a country |
BENIFIT | something that is good for a person |
PHILIP NOLAN | a horse trader |
JAMES WILKINSON | a genral in the u.s army |
NEUTRAL GROUND AGREEMENT | area of land that no spanish or united troops could ocupie |
CLASS | social rank |
PENISULARES | spanish born high class |
CRIOLLOS | born in new spain to both spanish parents second class |
MESTIZOS | Born to one spanish and one native american middle class |
MIGUEL HIDALGO Y COSTILLA | wrote cry of delerez to end the poer of pensulares |
JOSE BERNADO GUTERREZ DE LARA | HE INVADED TEXAS |
BATTLE OF MEDINA | bloodiest battle on texas soil |
JAMES LONG | he organized a group for a fiflibustering trip |
EVENTUALLY | some time later in the end |
PIRATE | A person who steals from ships at sea |
REPUBLIC | a nation in which voters elect representatives to make laws |
OCCUPIED | to take over or take away |
MONARCHIST | a person who wanted to keep his/her social ranking high |
AUGISTINE DE ITURBIDE | for ten years he had fought against hidaglo merolos and their followers |
ACHIEVE | goal that you completed |
ANTI-MONARTCHIST | a person who is committed to liberty and equality |
PLAN OF IGUALA | Mexican would become an independent nation |
TREATY OF CORDOBA | Spain agreed to accept the teams of plan of iguala |
SAN ANTONIO | named after missionary ANTONIO |
LA BAHIA | now called GALIAD TX. one of the last mission- PRESIDIO |
NACOGDOCHES | one of the 3 original Spanish settlements in TX. |
ABDICATE | forced to give up a position of power |
ERASMO SEGUIN | named by San Antonio |
COAHULIA AND TEXAS | the merge of Coahuila and TX. maintain Spanish rule |
EMPRESARIO | the Spanish word (contractor) person who does business deals |
TITLE | legal right to own a piece of property |
PEACAN POINT | the 1st people known to settle were a group of Caddo Indians were |