| A | B |
|---|
| G.T.T. | a common reference in the south to any missing person |
| early settler reasons to come to Texas | cheap land, hope for a better life, new start |
| flatboats | means of transportation to Texas |
| pineywoods | East Texas |
| log cabins | common home of colonial Texans |
| dog-run house | one-story log house, two square rooms separated by an open central hall |
| north of the Camino Real | Commanche/Apache territory |
| venison | deer meat |
| buckskin | tanned deerhide |
| ethnic group | people of the same cultural background |
| corn | common food crop grown in Texas |
| typical meal | fried or roasted meat, corn bread, and black coffee |
| cotton | this material replaced buckskin for making clothing |
| leisure activites | dancing, reading, playing music, horse-racing, visiting friends |
| Thomas J. Pilgrim | started a Sunday school at San Felipe de Austin |
| Juan Zambrano | founded the first school in San Antonio in 1811 |
| Frances T. Thompson | open first school for girls at Independence in 1834 |
| Sumner Bacon | traveling preacher who handed out bibles |
| Melinda Rankin | Presbyterian preacher who preached on the traveling circuit |
| Roman Catholic church | official of Mexico |
| homeschooling | the way most children learned to read and write |
| Protestants | religious background of most colonists |
| Gail Borden | invented canned condensed milk |
| export | send goods to other areas for sale |
| industry | activity of making products or preparing them for sale |
| cotton gins | places where cotton fiber was separated from the cotton seed |
| Jared Groce | wealthy cotton plantation owner |
| Galveston Bay | harbor on the inland side of Galveston Island |
| Indianola | main port at Matagorda Bay |
| Henry Austin | owner of the Ariel |
| Ariel | first steamboat to operate in Texas |
| exports from Colonial Texas | cotton, corn, sugar cane, cattle, cowhides, animal skins |
| six ethnic groups in colonial Texas | Anglo American, African American, Tejano, German, French, Scottish, English, Irish, Swedish, and Italian |
