Unit 3 Vocabulary

Unit 3 Vocabulary

Exploration and Early Colonization of Texas

 a Spanish explorer who searched for wealth in the Americas

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​conquistador

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​expedition

​ a journey undertaken by a group of people

 travel undertaken in order to discover new resources

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​exploration

Spanish official appointed to rule  land claimed by Spain in the New World.

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viceroy

a settlement founded to spread Christianity to the people in the area

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​mission

• a military post or guarded settlement in an area under Spanish control

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​presidio

state-sponsored settlement of people to new territories

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​colonization