Chapter 6-7 Spanish Texas/Empresarios
What is an alliance?
An agreement by two or more nations, people, or groups to work together.
What is a lariat?
A long light rope used with a running noose to catch livestock, or without the noose to tether grazing animals.
What is a federalist?
A person who believes power in sharing power between the states and the national government.
What native tribe was known as "The Lord of the Plains"
The Commanches
What native tribe is known for using alligator grease and fat to repel mosquitos?
The Karankawas
What is a fillibuster?
An individual who carries out rebellious activities in a foreign country.
What is a depression?
A period of low economic activity, often marked by high unemployment.
What is a centralist?
A person who believes power should be concentrated in the national government.
Who was the Spanish Friar who went behind the Spanish king's back and told the French they could enter Texas?
Father Hildalgo
What was the first unofficial capitol of Texas?
Los Adaes
What is a liberation?
Setting something free
What is a survey?
Measure for size and for boundaries.
What is dowry?
The money, property and goods a bride gives her husband upon marriage.
What were the 4 major cities of Spanish Texas?
Who mapped the coastline of Texas?
Alvarez de Pineda
What is a republic?
A government in which the power lies with the citizens, who vote for people to represent them.
What is an Empresario?
The Spanish word for a land agent whose job it was to bring in new settlers to an area.
What is a department?
A land division within Texas: a large administrative unit, similar to a territory.
Which Spanish explorer looked for the Seven Cities of Cibola?
Coronado
Which native tribe were the third most feared tribe of the plains?
The Tonkawas
What is a vaquero?
A Spanish cowboy
What is a militia?
A group of citizens acting as a military force, usually all able bodied men.
What is Immigration?
The movement of people from one place to settle in another place.
What was the first Spanish mission in Texas?
Mission Ysleta?
Double Poins!
Double Points!