Spanish Colonial Era Vocabulary.HallsvilleJH

A fort on military outpost.

• Presidio

• Hacienda

• Vaquero

• Mestizo

A large estate or ranch in Spanish territory.

• Hacienda

• Mestizo

• Presidio

• Catholicism

Unjust or cruel due to an abuse of power.

• Oppressive

• Mission

• Rancho

• Mestizo

A spanish term for cowboy.

• Vaquero

• Liberation

• Rancho

• Mestizo

Freedom.

• Liberation

• Rancho

• Hacienda

• Presidio

Ranch.

• Rancho

• Presidio

• Mestizo

• Vaquero

A chain of missions and presidios established by the Spanish in Texas and California which served as a way to claim land for Spain.

• Mission System

• Catholicism

• Hacienda

• Vaquero

Broad term used for the entire Catholic religion, its spiritual ideals and traditions.

• Catholicism

• Mestizo

• Presidio

• Hacienda

A person of mixed Spanish and Native American heritage.

• Mestizo

• Presidio

• Hacienda

• Liberation