Anglo Settlement Vocabulary.HallsvilleJH

A white person living in the United States and who is not Hispanic.

• Anglo American

• Empresario

• Tejano

• Pioneer

To permanently move to a new country.

• Immigrate

• Petition

• Survey

• Filibuster

The Spanish word for a land agent whose job it was to bring new settlers into an area.

• Empresario

• Tejano

• Anglo American

• Pioneer

To measure the boundaries of something, such as land.

• Survey

• Neutral

• Pioneer

• Tejano

An individual who carries out unauthorized warfare against a foreign country.

• Filibuster

• Tejano

• Petition

• Pioneer

Referring to an area that does not belong to any country.

• Neutral

• Petition

• Survey

• Filibuster

Someone who travels to unclaimed territory to settle.

• Pioneer

• Anglo American

• Tejano

• Empresario

A person of Mexican heritage who considers Texas home.

• Tejano

• Anglo American

• Empresario

• Pioneer

A formal, written request to a government to take some action or change a policy.

• Petition

• Survey

• Empresario

• Neutral