Chapter 6 Vocab

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Vaquero

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Spanish Cowboy or Ranchhand

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Spanish military commander of South Texas, "Father of the Lower Rio Grande Valley"

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Jose de Escandon

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Military fort or outpost

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Presidio

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Catholic Priest, part of religious order

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Friar

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Alonso de Leon

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Worked with Damian Massanet to claim land in East Texas before the French, helps create the name "Tejas".

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Established 1682, first mission in Texas (Ysleta)

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Mission Corpus Christi

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Settlement in a new area

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Colony

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To have an effect on

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Influence

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Establish

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to set up or create