Chapter 8 & 9 Flashcards
(15 cards)
To persuade someone to join a group
Recruit
A nation or state in which people elect representatives to govern them
Republic
People who moved from one of many European countries to the United States and who now share a common culture and language
Anglo Americans
Not belonging to one side or another
Neutral
an agent who makes all arrangements to bring settlers to a colony
empresario
a person who comes to a country to settle
immigrant
a person of Mexican descent living in Texas
Tejano
agreement in which each side gives up something it wants in order to reach a settlement
compromise
an adventurer who engaged in rebellious activity in a foreign country
fillbuster
killed in a battle with Spanish soldiers near Waco
Philip Nolan
traveled from Natchez, Mississippi, to Nacogdoches, Texas, to declare Texas independent from Spain
Gutierrez-Magee Expedition
to surrender by treaty or agreement
cede
to leave home to settle elsewhere
emigrate
term used to describe English-speaking settlers from the United States
Anglo Americans
a mark left behind when settlers moved to Texas
G.T.T.
