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Oregon Country |
Huge area of land north ofCalifornia between the PacificOcean and the Rockies. |
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joint occupation |
The shared ability to settlethe Oregon Territory betweenAmerica and Britain. |
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mountain men |
Fur trappers that lived in theOregon territory. |
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emigrants |
Travelers/settlers who leavetheir home country forsomewhere else. |
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Oregon Trail |
Famous traveling route ofwestern settlers. |
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Manifest Destiny |
America’s right to overspreadand possess the whole of thecontinent, Atlantic to Pacific. |
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James K. Polk |
11th president in support offulfilling our ManifestDestiny. |
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Davy Crockett |
An adventurer, TennesseeCongressmen, and defenderof the Alamo. |
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Tejanos |
Mexicans who claimed Texasas their home. |
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empresarios |
People who obtained landgrants from Spain if theybrought settlers into Texas. |
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Stephen F. Austin |
Created the first Americancolony in Texas. |
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decree |
An official order. |
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General Antonio LopezDe Santa Anna |
Mexican president whobetrayed Texas. |
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annex |
To take control of somethingi.e. Texas |
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rancheros |
Mexican settlers in Californiaon previously Spanishterritory. |
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John C. Fremont |
Captured Sonoma andcreated the Bear FlagRepublic. |
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Rio Grande River |
America believed this to bethe border between Texas andMexico. |
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Nueces River |
Mexico believed this to be theborder between Mexico andTexas. |
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Bear Flag Republic |
The California Republiccreated when the town ofSonoma was seized byFremont. |
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Californios |
Mexican citizens living inCalifornia. |
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ceded |
When something is given upi.e. Mexico ceded Californiato the U.S |
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James Marshall |
Discovered gold at Sutter’smill sparking the Gold Rush. |
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forty-niners |
Settlers in California insearch of gold in the year1849. |
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boomtowns |
Communities created quicklyas a result of many gold rushsettlers. |