1. Unit 4 Vocabulary: Mexican Colonization and the Empresario System Early 1800’s - mid 1830’s

2. era – a period of time noted for its events, people, or other characteristics

3. Tejano – the unique cultural blending of Spanish and American traditions in Texas

4. colonization - the act of setting up a colony away from one's place of origin

5. Colonization My Own sentence My Own Illustration _________________________

6. expedition – journey undertaken by a group of people

7. immigration – the movement of people from one place to settle in another place 1800’s

8. empresario – an agent who makes all the arrangements to bring settlers to a colony

9. Empresario My Own sentence My Own Illustration _________________________

10. land grant - a grant of public land by the government

11. constitution – A document outlining the fundamental principles and structures of a government

12. Constitution My Own sentence My Own Illustration _________________________

13. filibuster – an adventurer who engages in private rebellious activity in a foreign country For Example: In 1800, Philip Nolan, perhaps the most famous filibuster, came to Texas to catch and sell wild mustangs. In 1801, the Spanish became suspicious of him and later executed him because of the fear that the filibuster wanted to take Texas away from Spain.

14. revolution - a forcible overthrow of a government or social order in favor of a new system

15. Revolution My Own sentence My Own Illustration _________________________