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| a livestock herder or cowhand. |
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| a person who is under the authority of a king or queen. |
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| began a revolution with an emotional speech in ., Mexico. |
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| Juan Baptista de las Casas |
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| was executed for overthrowing the Spanish government in Texas. |
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| to join in a secret agreement. |
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| Jose' Bernardo Gutierrez de Lara |
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| raised an army in Louisiana and seized control of Texas. |
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| a store where soldiers can buy food and supplies. |
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| a large estate or ranch in Spanish territory. |
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| a walled-in area containing residences and other buildings. |
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| after the "Chicken War" it became the capital of the province of Texas. |
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| recommended that Spain pull back from East and West Texas and move the capital to San Antonio de Bexar. |
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| found Fort St. Louis abandoned and in ruins. |
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| found Fort St. Louis abandoned and in ruins. |
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| reopened San Francisco de los Tejas and built a presidio across the river from that mission. |
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| an association between groups to advance their common interests |
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| to use military force to put an end to actibities. |
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| a canal or ditch used for irrigation |
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| a village made up of people who were neither priests nor soldiers |
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| the ability to read and write |
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| the local governing body in a Spanish town |
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| a Spanish official who served as mayor, sheriff and judge. |
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| San Francisco de los Tejas |
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| first mission in East Texas; named after the Caddo people |
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| a process of extending the boundaries of an area. |
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| Spanish province that included South Texas. |
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| mission estalished in the prairies of West Texas. closed after repeated attacks by Comanches. |
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| unofficial boundary between French Louisiana and Spanish Texas. |
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| governor of a colony who rules in the name of the king |
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| a land controlled by a distant nation. |
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| sent to map the coastline of the Gulf of Mexico. founded present-day Mexican city of Tampico. |
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| commissioned by the governor of Cuba to explore the North American continent; founded Veracruz. |
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| journey undertaken by a group of people for a specific purpose. |
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| to grant the power or authority to carry out a specific task. |
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| the first French colony in Texas |
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| a person who preyed on ships in the 1600s. |
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| a person who preyed on ships in the 1600s. |
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| a type of Native American village built of adobe. |
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| led the survivors of the Narvaez expedition back to Mexico. |
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| general term for a Spanish explorer who searched for wealth. |
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| explored southeastern North America in search of the Seven Cities of Cibola |
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| a celebration of Native American culture |
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| building material made of sun-dried earth and straw |
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| the way a society is organized |
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| the patterns of knowledge, belief and behaviors that characterize a group of people. |
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| a culture with developments such as cities, trade, government, art writing and science. |
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| period in which people began to use a bou and arrow |
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| a person born of a certain family or group |
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| a person who moves from place to place and has no permanent home. |
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| contract or agreement between countries or peoples. |
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| state or condition of no longer existing |
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| period in which people began hunting smaller mammals |
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| the region where most major Texas cities are located |
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| an underground layer of porous rock, pgravel, or sand containing water that may reach the surface through springs or wells. |
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| a city and all the areas surrounding it |
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| the region that contains the Cross Timbers, Grand Prairie, and Rolling Plains subregions |
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| communities just outside a city |
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| the average amount of earnings per person per year in a given area |
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| flows into a larger stream or other body of water |
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| beliefs and customs that people get from their ancestors |
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| the activity of making or preparing products for sale |
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| located at about 23*30'S and marks the southern nmost point at which the sun passes directly overhead at noon |
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| the imaginary line that divides the earth into eastern and western hemispheres. |
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| measures position north or south of the equator |
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| located at about23*30N and northern most point at which the sun passes directly overhead at noon |
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| one half of the earth, divided by the equator or the 0* and 180* meridians |
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| the basic unit of measurement in the geographic grid system. |
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| the physical features of the earth's surface and their relationship to one another. |
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| a general -produce map that shows recognized boundaries in an area |
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| an explanation of a map's symbol and scale. |
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| a general-purpose map that shows the natural features of an area. |
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| the transfer of an image of a curved surface onto a flat surface |
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