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ch. 3 vocab
3.1 , 3.2 , 3.3 ,3.4, 3.5, 3.6
Term | Definition |
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mission | A settlement in Native American territory designed to convert Native Americans to Cristianity |
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 and 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 an unofficial war on a country |
benefit | something that is good for a person |
Phillip Nolan | a man who came to Texas claiming he was there to trade wild horses or mustangs, who was eventually killed by the Spanish. |
James Wilkinson | A general who was a double agent for the U.S and Spain who was known for being untrustworthy |
Neutral Ground Agreement | agreement between Spain and U.S that no troops would ocupie the land |
class | social rank |
peninsulares | The highest rank in the Spaniard social system |
criollos | the second highest class in the Spaniard social system(Spaniards born in the Americas |
mestizos | the third highest class in the Spaniard social system.(ix between Spanish and American Indian |
Jose Bernardo | A man who decided to invade Texas with an Army |
Battle of Medina | the bloodiest battle ever fought on Texas soil trying to win Indipendince from Spain |
James Long | A man who organized a group in Natchez, Mississippi |
eventually | some time later; in the end |
pirate | a person who steals from ships on the sea |
republic | a nation in which voters elect representative to make laws |
occupied | to take over or rule another country |
monarchist | in the early 1800's in New Spain, a person who wanted to keep his/her high social status |
Augustine de Iturbide | the leader of the monarchists |
achieve | to do or accomplish |
Anti-Monarchist | a person in New Spain who was committed to liberty and equality |
Plan of Iguala | the plan stated that Mexico would become an independent nation |
Treaty of Cordoba | the nation of Mexico was born |
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 Tx |
Abdicate | forced to give up a position of power |
Erasmo Seguin | A settler of San Antonio who represented Coahuila and Texas to the Mexican congress |
Coahuila and Texas | the merge of Coahuila and Tx to maintain Spanish rule |
Empresario | the Spanish word for "contraction" 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 TX |
Moses Austin | An American business that hoped to make a living off of bringing settlers to Texas |
sitio | a Spanish unit of measure of representing 4,428 acres of land |
speculator | people who buy a large area of lands 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 and is credited with populating Tx with setters |
Agriculture | the work of preparing the soil, producing the crops, and raising livestock |
collapse | to break down or fail completely |
militia | a group of armed citizens who serve as soldiers during an emergency |
grant | a possesion , 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's 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 empressario that brought Mexican settlers to Texas |
Green Dewitt | a Texan empessario that brought 400 families to Texas |
Minister | a person sent to another country to represent their home country to the government |
civilians | people who are not in armed forces |
self-government | a government in which the people take a active role in making laws and decisions |