Spanish Vocab

Question 1

Spanish Colonial

Answer 1

period of time of Spanish settlement, bringing religion, language, and way of life to Texas.

Question 2

Missions​

Answer 2

Religious communities established by Spanish Catholics

Question 3

Presidios​

Answer 3

military bases in Spanish Colonial America

Question 4

Battle of Medina​

Answer 4

The Republican Army of the North made up of Anglos, Spanish, Indians, and form royalists were decimated by Spanish forces near San Antonio in 1813, the bloodiest battle ever fought on Texas soil.

Question 5

Cede

Answer 5

to officially give as a territory from one country to another

Question 6

Tejanos

Answer 6

people who live in Texas that are of Spanish descent

Question 7

Corpus Christi de la Isleta​

Answer 7

first mission in Texas built in present day El Paso.

Question 8

Fray Damian Massanet ​

Answer 8

traveled to East Texas to oversee the establishment of Spanish Missions

Question 9

​ Jose de Escandon

Answer 9

sent to establish Spanish colonies in South Texas to keep the French out.
*known for naming many Texas Rivers

Question 10

Antonio Margil de Jesus

Answer 10

established Spanish missions​

Question 11

Francisco Hidalgo ​

Answer 11

established East Texas Missions and trading post near Nacogdoches

Motivated by the ideas of the Enlightenment, he wanted Mexico to be independent from Spain, killed for his outspoken revolutionary ideals, leading to the Mexican Revolution

Question 12

Philip Nolan​

Answer 12

Came to Texas to steal wild mustangs from the Spanish region. Came under suspicion when selling the horses to American Army in Louisiana. Killed when ignoring Spanish order to stay out of Texas.

Question 13

​Jose Gutierrez de Lara

Answer 13

Spanish born revolutionary and follower of Father Hidalgo. Joined with Magee to form the Republican Army of the North to fight for Mexican Independence. Leader of the Gutierrez Magee expedition.

Question 14

Agustus W. Magee​

Answer 14

Former U.S. Soldier who helped Gutierrez spread propaganda into New Spain and led his army into East Texas, where he died at La Bahia.

Question 15

Dr. James Long​

Answer 15

Originally from the U.S, came to Texas to declare its independence from Spain. Was captured in La Bahia in 1819, later executed in Mexico City for his crimes

Question 16

Republic

Answer 16

Government in which authority comes from the people and power is exercised by elected officials according to set laws

Question 17

​Filibusters

Answer 17

foreign military men who committed treasonous acts within Spanish Texas in early 1800’s.

caused the Spanish to mistrust Anglo settlers in Texas:

Question 18

​ Neutral Ground Agreement

Answer 18

Spain and the US solution to the dispute between the US and Spain over the Texas/Louisiana border following the Louisiana Purchase.

Question 19

Revolution

Answer 19

uprising or revolt against the government

Question 20

1821

Answer 20

Mexico gains independence

from Spain