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Age of Empresarios: Vocabulary

Students interact with vocabulary words that they will encounter throughout Unit 3: Age of Empresarios.

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Overview

In this experience, students interact with vocabulary words that they will encounter throughout Unit 3: Age of Empresarios.

Estimated duration: 30 minutes

Vocabulary words:

agriculture
Anglo
culture
empresario
immigration
independence
land grant
representative government
Tejano

Objective

Learn vocabulary related to the Mexican colonial age in Texas.

Unit Vocabulary

Once Spain closed the missions in Texas, the great empire lost its interest in this northern frontier. Soon, Mexico itself would be trying to break away from Spain. In this unit you are going to learn about Texas under the Mexican flag and the arrival of settlers from the United States.

Objective

Learn vocabulary related to the Mexican colonial age in Texas.

This lesson builds your vocabulary with words you will use in this unit. The words are:

agriculture: the science of growing plants and raising animals for food
Anglo: someone who comes from a heritage of English language and culture
culture: the set of shared attitudes, values, goals, and arts that characterizes a group of people
empresario: a person who makes all the arrangements to bring settlers to a Spanish or Mexican colony
immigration: movement into a new country
independence: freedom from a controlling force, the right to self-government
land grant: an area of land given to a settler by the government 
representative government: a political system where the people elect representatives who create the laws and policies
Tejano: a Texan of Spanish or Mexican origin, creating a mixed culture of Spanish and Anglo traditions in Texas

a flag with green, white, and red vertical stripes and two gold stars in the center

The flag of the Mexican state Coahuila y Tejas

You learned in the last unit that the Spanish missions in Texas got their livelihood from agriculture, which is the science of growing plants and raising animals for food.

Upload an image that illustrates the word agriculture.

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