CHAPTER 8 VOCAB

DEFINITION 1

• Anglo American -
• An American who's ancestry and language is English
• Example-if you have Anglo American ancestry , you speak English

DEFINITION 2

• Immigrant-a person who leaves one country to settle permanently in another
• Example-there are now illegal immigrants laws in America

DEFINITION 3

• Empresario-an agent who makes all arrangements to move settlers to a colony
• Example-Stephen f Austin is an Empresario and a great leader

DEFINITION 4

• Tejano-a person of Mexican ancestry who lives in Texas
• Example-the Texas militia in made up of many tejano's

DEFINITION 5

• Militia-an army made up of non-professional fighters
• The militia was very unexperienced