4th SS Vocab chapter 5
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tiffanyleyendecker on December 12, 2010
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settlers in north america and texas
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 independence | freedom |
| tax | money paid by people to run their government |
| representative | people chosen to speak or act for a group |
| revolution | a sudden, complete change in government |
| declaration | official statement |
| frontier | land that lies beyond the settled part of a country |
| pioneers | people who first settle a new place |
| territory | a place owned and governed by a country |
| treaty | an agreement between groups or countries |
| compare | to tell how two or more people or things are alike |
| contrast | to tell how two or more people or things are different |
| classify | to group it |
| equality | the same rights for all people |
| rebellion | fighting against the government |
| dictator | government leader with total authority |
| grants | gifts of land |
| empresario | a person given a grant by the Mexican government to bring settlers to Texas |
| militia | group of unpaid people that acts as an army |
| Tejanos | Mexican settlers in Texas |
| bilingual | able to speak and understand two languages equally well |
| title | ownership of land or property |
| Anglos | Anglo-Americans whose ancestors had come from Britain |
| Most of the British colonies were located along the ____ coast of what is today the United States. | eastern |
| How many British colonies were there? | 13 |
| Why did the colonists dislike the laws? | they did not have a representative in Britain's government |
| Differences over ___ between Britain and the 13 colonies led to war. | taxes |
| What war began in 1775? | American Revolution |
| What happened on July 4, 1776? | the representatives approved the Declaration of Independence |
| Why did British tax laws anger colonists in North America? | Britain taxed goods that the colonists needed and they did not have a representative in Britain's government. |
| The port of New Orleans was part of the _______. | Louisiana Territory |
| Why did the US offer to buy a small part of the Louisiana Territory? | to control and protect New Orleans' trade routes |
| Who was France's leader during this time? | Napoleon Bonaparte |
| In the treaty of 1819, Spain gave Florida to the US and in return the US agreed that ___ belonged to Spain. | Texas |
| Who helped free much of South America from Spanish rule? | Simon Bolivar |
| The colonial government of Mexico was controlled by _____ leaders. | Spanish-born |
| Criollos | people born in Mexico and had ancestors from Spain |
| In 1810 what did Father Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla do? | led Indians and mestizos against Spanish government of Mexico |
| Who executed Hidalgo after capturing him? | Spanish |
| Who was Jean Lafitte? | French pirate who attacked Spanish ships in the Gulf of Mexico |
| What was the Plan de Iguala? | sought to make Mexico an independent nation |
| How did empresarios receive for their services? | land |
| Under the new Mexican government, ____ and Texas were a single state in Mexico. | Coahuila |
| By inviting people from the US to settle in Texas, what was Spain hoping to accomplish? | to increase the population of Texas and gain better control of the region |
| What did Moses Austin do in 1820? | traveled to San Antonio and asked the Spanish governor for permission to form a colony |
| Why is Stephen F. Austin sometimes called the "Father of Texas"? | was able to convince the Mexican government to let his colony stay and brought the first American families to Texas |
| What is the "Old Three Hundred"? | first families who came to the colony |
| Who was the only Mexican empresario to have found a colony in Texas? | Martin de Leon |
| What was the National Colonization Law? | the states of Mexico could decide on their own how to colonize their unused lands |
| What was the dispute between Green DeWitt and Martin de Leon? | boundaries of the colonies |
| What German settlements were founded in the mid-1840's? | New Braunsfels and Fredericksburg |
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