Unit 3 Vocab

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Presidios

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Military Forts

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Missions

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Religious Settlements

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Tejas

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"friend" in local native language (Caddo)

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Tejano

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A person of Mexican descent living in Texas

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Mestizo

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A person of mixed Spanish and Native American ancestry.

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Viceroy

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Governor representing a monarch

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Friar

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Religious Teacher

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Los Adaes

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first capital of Texas (now Louisiana)

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vaquero

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Spanish term for cowboy

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lariat

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rope for catching cattle and horses