Unit 4 Vocabulary Flashcards

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filibuster

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an adventurer who engages in private rebellious activity in a foreign country

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empresario

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an agent who makes all the arrangements to bring settlers to a colony

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immigration

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the movement of people from one place to settle in another place

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Tejano

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the unique cultural blending of Spanish and American traditions in Texas

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colonization

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The act of setting up a colony away from one's place of origin.

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constitution

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A set of fundamental principles or established precedents according to which a state or other organization is governed.

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land grant

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A grant of public land, especially to an institution, organization, or to particular groups of people.

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revolution

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A forcible overthrow of a government or social order, in favor of a new system.