Texas History Unit 2 Vocabulary

Religious community established by Spanish Catholics

• Missions

• Presidios

• Rancho

• Hacienda

Military bases in Spanish Colonial America designed to protect the missions from Indian attacks

• Missions

• Haciendas

• Ranchos

• Presidios

A large farm where horses and cattle are raised

• Mission

• Presidio

• Rancho

• Hacienda

A large estate or plantation with a dwelling place

• Mission

• Presidio

• Rancho

• Hacienda

To officially give a territory to another country

• Give

• Cede

• Filibuster

• Treaty

Government in which authority comes from the people and power is exercised by elected officials

• Democracy

• Monarchy

• Dictatorship

• Republic

Americans who committed acts of treason inside Mexican/Spanish territory

• Filibusters

• Dinguses

• Desperados

• Cowboys

Uprising or revolt against the government

• Treason

• Volunteering

• Voting

• Revolution

Form of government that distributes power between national and local governments

• Democracy

• Federalism

• Republicanism

• Monarchy

A form of government where all the power rests in the hands of the citizens and they make all laws and decisions

• Republic

• Monarchy

• Democracy

• Autocracy