Colonization (colonización), The occupation of new lands by an invading country., Settlement (asentamiento), A place where people from an invading country establish a new community., Govern (gobernar), The policies and rules put in place by a government to provide safety, order and control., Colonist (colono), A foreign settler from another country that moves into an occupying settlement., Economies (economias), How people use the existing resources and enviroment to make a living., Agriculture (agricultura), The practice of farming for crops and raising animals to provide food, wool, and other products., Viceroy (virrey), A ruler over a new land that represents the King's power from the home country., Mission (misión), Catholic church compounds that were built to attract natives and convert them to Christianity., Presidio (presidio), Spanish forts attached to missions that housed the soldiers that helped keep order at missions., Friar (fraile), Religious leaders of the Catholic church that came to the New World to convert the Natives., Missionary (misionero), Religious leaders sent out by the Catholic Church to promote Christianity among the Natives of the New World., Convert (convertir de religion), The act of trying to convince natives to give up their old ways and adopt the Catholic religion., Quarters (cuartos), The housing provided inside missions to the Natives that chose to move in., Treaties (tratados), Formal agreement between countries that usually ended fighting or a war., Frontier (fronteras), The edge of civilization where nature and begins and order ends., Empresarios (empresarios), Leaders that negotiated land contracts with the Spanish or Mexican government to settle a certain number of families in Texas, in exchange for large tracts of land.

Unit 2: Colonizing Texas

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