Vocab

• Anglo American


  a white person living in the United States (not hispanic)
• Federalist


  someone who believes in sharing power between the states and national government
• Centralist


  someone who believes that power should be concentrated in the National Government
• Land Grant


  a grant of public land, especially to an institution, organization, or groups of people
• Tejano


  a Mexican-American that lives in Texas
• Constitution


  a document h=that establishes the basic principals and laws of a nation or state
• Empresario


  the Spanish word for a land agent whose job was to bring new settlers into an area
• Pioneer


  someone who travels to unclaimed territory to settle
• Survey


  to measure the boundaries of something, like land
• Decree


  an official order issued by a legal authority
• Dowry


  the money, property, and goods a bride's family gives her groom upon marriage