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History
Westward Expansion
Term | Definition |
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Mountain Men | trapper who explored and hunted in Oregon in the 1800s. |
Rugged Individualist | person who follows his or her own independent course in life. |
Rendezvous | French word meaning 'get together'; yearly meeting where mountain men traded furs. |
Dictator | ruler with absolute power and authority. |
Tejano | person of Mexican descent born in Texas |
Siege | military blockade or bombardment of an enemy town or position in order to force an enemy surrender. |
Annex | to add on. |
Vaquero | Indian or Mexican cowhand. |
Cede | to give up. |
Refuge | a place where one is safe from persecution. |
Forty-Niner | one of the more than 80,000 people who joined the gold rush to California in 1849. |