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Oregon Country

Huge area of land north ofCalifornia between the PacificOcean and the Rockies.

joint occupation

The shared ability to settlethe Oregon Territory betweenAmerica and Britain.

mountain men

Fur trappers that lived in theOregon territory.

emigrants

Travelers/settlers who leavetheir home country forsomewhere else.

Oregon Trail

Famous traveling route ofwestern settlers.

Manifest Destiny

America’s right to overspreadand possess the whole of thecontinent, Atlantic to Pacific.

James K. Polk

11th president in support offulfilling our ManifestDestiny.

Davy Crockett

An adventurer, TennesseeCongressmen, and defenderof the Alamo.

Tejanos

Mexicans who claimed Texasas their home.

empresarios

People who obtained landgrants from Spain if theybrought settlers into Texas.

Stephen F. Austin

Created the first Americancolony in Texas.

decree

An official order.

General Antonio LopezDe Santa Anna

Mexican president whobetrayed Texas.

annex

To take control of somethingi.e. Texas

rancheros

Mexican settlers in Californiaon previously Spanishterritory.

John C. Fremont

Captured Sonoma andcreated the Bear FlagRepublic.

Rio Grande River

America believed this to bethe border between Texas andMexico.

Nueces River

Mexico believed this to be theborder between Mexico andTexas.

Bear Flag Republic

The California Republiccreated when the town ofSonoma was seized byFremont.

Californios

Mexican citizens living inCalifornia.

ceded

When something is given upi.e. Mexico ceded Californiato the U.S

James Marshall

Discovered gold at Sutter’smill sparking the Gold Rush.

forty-niners

Settlers in California insearch of gold in the year1849.

boomtowns

Communities created quicklyas a result of many gold rushsettlers.