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17 Cards in this Set
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Stephen F. Austin |
Leader of American colony in Texas |
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land grant |
-Gift of public land to an individual or organization |
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Antonio López de Santa Anna |
Mexican president who fought Texans in the Texas |
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Revolution Texas - |
-Revolution Texas’s war for Independence from Mexico |
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Alamo |
Site of a key battle in the Texas Revolution |
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Sam Houston |
First president of the Republic of Texas |
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Republic of Texas |
Independent nation that was created after Texans defeated Mexico in the Texas Revolution |
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annex |
To make part of, incorporate |
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James K. Polk |
11th president |
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Zachary Taylor |
American general in war with Mexico and 12th president |
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Stephen Kearny |
American general in war with Mexico |
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Republic of California |
Nation declared by American settlers after defeating Mexicans |
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Winfield Scott |
American general in war with Mexico |
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Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo |
Treaty ending the War with Mexico |
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Gadsden Purchase |
Purchase of land from Mexico in 1853 that established the present U.S.-Mexico boundary |
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forty-niners |
People who came to California in 1849 in search of gold |
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gold rush - |
Movement of people to a place in which gold has been discovered |
