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14 Cards in this Set
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Manifest Destiny
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Belief of many Americans in the mid-1800s that God intended the U.S. to expand westward
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Tejanos
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Native American who lived in Texas
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Empersarios
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People who agreed to recruit and take responsibility for new settlers.
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Stephan F. Austin
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Son of Moses Austin. he assumed the grant and established a colony on the gulf coast Texas of that same year
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Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna
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General, established dictatorial control over the Mexican government.
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Texas Revolution
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U.S. settlers and Tejanos rose up in revolt the following year. Isolated clashes with the Mexican Military quickly grew into a full-scale rebellion
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Sam Houston
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The commander of the Texas army a force of 900 rebels surprised Santa Anna's troops.
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Battle of San Jacinto
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The battle was in San Jacinto
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Juan Seguin
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A leading Tejano figure in the Texas Revolution, endured this suffering firsthand.
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James K. Polk
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A former governor of Tennesse
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Zachary Taylor
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General
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John Slidell
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a Louisiana Lawyer
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Stephen Kearny
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Occupied Santa Fe and seized control of New Mexico.
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John C. Fremont
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A U.S. Army officer and explorer who had headed and expedition in California
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