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34 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 united states to expand westward
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tejanos
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Native mexicans who lived in texas
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empresarios
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Agents who contrasted with the mexican government to bring settlers to texas in the early 1800s
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Stephen f. Austin
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Antonio López de Santa Anna
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Texas revolution
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revolt against mexico by american settlers and tejanos in texas
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Sam Houston
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Battle of San Jacinto
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final battle of the texas revolution; resulted in the independence of texas
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Juan Seguín
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James K. Polk
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Zachary Taylor
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John Slidell
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A Louisiana lawyer
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Stephen Kearny
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John C. Fremont
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Bear Flag Revolt
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revolt against mexico by american settlers in California who declared the area an independent republic
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Winfield Scott
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Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
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treaty that ended the mexican war and gave the United states much of Mexico's northern territories
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Mexican Cession
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Land that mexico gave to the US after the Mexican war through the treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo Includes present day California, nevada utah as well as parts of arizona colorado new Mexico texas and Wyoming
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Gadsden Purchase
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US purchase of land from Mexico that included the southern parts of present day arizona and new mexico
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Juan Cortina
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William Becknell
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Santa Fe Trail
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route that ran from Missouri to new mexico
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mountain men
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Men who hunted for fur in the far west
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William Ashley
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rendezvous systen
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system devised by william ashley to have fur trappers gather once a year to sell furs and buy supplies
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Narcissa Presntiss Whitman
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Marcus Whitman
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Donner Party
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group of travelers to california who were stranded in the sierra Nevada during the winter; some 42 members of the party died
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treaty of fort laramie
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agreement that set boundaries for American indians and allowed the us government to build roads and to build roads and forts in Indian Territory
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Brigham Young
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Californios
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Spanish settlers who are mexicans
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John Augustus Sutter
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California Trial
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southern branch of the oregon trail took settlers to northern california
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Forty-niners
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gold seekers who traveled to california during the gold rush
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