Chapter 10 American History

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Tejanos

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Native Mexicans who lived in Texas.

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Stephen F. Austin

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Established a colony on the gulf coast of Texas.

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empresarios

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People who agreed to recruit and take responsibility for new settlers.

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Antonio Lopez de Santa

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Established dictatorial control over the Mexican government.

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Texas Revolution

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This was a full scale rebellion against the Mexican Military.

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Sam Houston

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Commander of the Texas army.

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Battle of San Janinto

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In this battle they took Santa Anna prisoner, and won the battle.

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Juan Sequin

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A leading Tejano figure in the Texas Revolution.

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James K. Polk

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A former governor of Tennessee.

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Zachary Taylor

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He led troops into the disputed area.

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John Slidell

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A Louisiana lawyer and politician.

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Stephen Kearny

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He and his army seized control of New Mexico.

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John C. Fremont

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He led an expedition into California.

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Bear Flag Revolt

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This was a revolt a led against Mexican Powers, it got its name from a flag.

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Winfield Scott

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He led 10,000 soldiers during the war.

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Treaty of Guadalupe Hildago

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This treaty officially ended the war.

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Mexican Cession

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Resulted from the treaty with Mexico. We gained Texas, the South West, and the rest of the west.

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Gadsden Purchase

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Purchased parts of present day New Mexico and Arizona from Mexico.

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Juan Cortina

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A tejano who led a rebellion in Texas.

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William Becknell

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Traveled from Missouri to New Mexico, and started the movement of other merchants to the area.

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Santa Fe Trail

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Trail that led from Missouri to New Mexico.

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mountain men

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Fur trappers that traveled to the far west.

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William Ashley

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He developed the rendezvous system.

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Rendezvous System

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A method of doing business.

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Oregon Trail

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This route followed along the Platte River, across the Great Plains and to the Rockies. It led settlers to the West.

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Narcissa Prentiss Whitman

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A early protestant missionary in Oregon Country.

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Marcus Whitman

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Married Narcissa, before heading West on a missionary trip.

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Treaty of Fort Laramie

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Agreement between plains indian's and U.S. that indians would not attack settlers traveling west, and U.S. would pay tribes and not invade their territory.

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Brighman Young

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He led the mass movement of mormons heading to Utah.

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Californios

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These were the first Spanish Settlers that moved to Cali.

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John Augustus Sutter

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Swiss adventurer who acquired a huge land grant from Mexico in 1839.

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James W. Marshall

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Detected flakes of heavy yellow metal at the bottom of a wooden canal used to divert water from the American River.

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Forty-Niners

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Migrants who traveled to California in 1849.

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California Trial

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This trail forked off from the Oregon Trail.