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unit3 vocabulary
Term | Definition |
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mission | A settlement in native american territory designed to convert them to christianity |
presidio | a spanish fort that protects amission |
catechism | a set of questions and answers about tyhe catholic faith. |
epidemic | the rapid spread of a disease in a short period of time . |
cede | to formally give up ownership of something. |
transform | to change in character or condition |
establish | to settle |
friar | started missions members of church clergy like a priest or a pastor |
factor | part of what creates a result piece or contribution |
filibusted | a person who wages an unofficial war on a country |
bebefit | something that is good for a person |
neutralal ground agreement | agreement between spain and the u.s that no soldiers would occupy this land between texas and louisiana |
class | social rank |
peninsulares | wealthy upper class spanish born people living in new spain |
criollos | 1 spanish parent 1 indian parent lower class citizen |
mestizos | born in new spain to 2 spanish parents 2nd class citizen |
battle of medina | arredondo defeated toledo 1400 filibusters it was the bloodiest battle on texas soil |
james long | an angry u.s. citizen that organized a filibuster group that declared texas free of spain |
eventually | some time later in the end |
pirate | a person who steals from ships on the sea |
republic | a nation in which voters elect ther officials |
occupied | to take over or rule another country |
monarchist | a person that want to keep social order and classes in new spain loyal to the king queen of spain |
augustine | leader of the monarchists fought against hidalgo morelos to keep social class |
plan of lguala | iterbides compromise between spain mexico where spi]ain agreed to recogniz mexico as its own nation. |
treaty of cordoba | name after missionary antonio one of the most important and populated mission towns |
san antonio | one of the 3 original major spanish settlements homr of sfasu |
nacogdoches | forrced to giv up a position of power |
abdicate | spanish word formcontractor a person who puts together a business deal |
empresario | the legal right to won a piece of property |
title | loop in the red river start of the growing interest in texxas by u.s settlers refuge point to avoid the justice by outlaws |
moses austin | an american business man that hoped to bring u.s settlers to spanish texas |
sitio | a spanishuinit of measuring land 4.428 acres |
sepculator | people who buy large pieces of land and resell portions to make money |
stephed f austin | the father of texas son of moses carried out hs fathers dream and is credited with populating texas with settlers |
agriculiture | the work of preparing the soil produciong crop and raising livestock |
collapse | to brack down or fail completely |
militia | a grop of armed citizens that seve as soldiers during an emergency |
grant | a possession such as land legally given to a person for free |
partnership | asociattions of 2 or more people on a bus iness venture |
condust | to direct or lead |
republic of fredoia | haden edwards failed attempt to free texas from mexico |
census minister | an official count of the population in a region |
self government | people with mexican an cestry living in texas |
coivians | a person sent to another coubtry to represent their home country to the government |
a government in which people take an active role in making laws and decisions | |
people who are not in the armed fotces | |
to do or accomplish | |
a person who iss committed to liberty equality and wants to get rid of the monarchy king queen | |
anit monarchist |