Colonization of Texas Terms

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mission

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A settlement where religion is taught

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presidio

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A Spanish military fort

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villa

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A Spanish town

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vaquero

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A Spanish cowboy

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quinceañera

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A Hispanic celebration that a girl might have on her fifteenth birthday to mark the transition from childhood to adult status

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revolution

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The overthrow of one government and its replacement with another

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viceroy

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A person who rules a country as a representative of his king and is empowered to act in the king’s name

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frontier

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The limit of settled land beyond which lies wilderness

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empresario

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A land agent who recruits new settlers, divides up property, and keeps the law

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militia

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Volunteer soldiers