Social Studies- Unit 4 Vocabulary

Being free to control oneself

• independence

• immigrants

• dictator

Men who were given land grants from the Mexican government to start colonies in Texas

• immigrants

• empresarios

• Tejano

People who moved from other places

• leather stocking

• empresarios

• immigrants

The industry of growing crops or raising animals (farming)

• agriculture

• land grant

• independence

An area of land given to individuals by the government

• land grant

• immigrant

• agriculture

The unique cultural blending of Spanish and American traditions

• Comanche

• leather stocking

• Tejano

A type of mountain man who did not like any type of government

• leather stocking

• Moses Austin

• Tejano

Father of Stephen F. Austin, was granted permission to start a colony in Texas

• Santa Anna

• Martin de Leon

• Moses Austin

A fierce and powerful Indian tribe that controlled much of Texas

• Caddo

• Comanche

• Karankawa

An empresario that started the only colony in Texas made up of primarily Mexican citizens

• Martin de Leon

• Stephen F. Austin

• Moses Austin