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Ch.12 vocab
Vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Manifest Destiny | The Americans believed it was their God given right to own the land from east coast to west coast. |
| Mountain Men | Fur trappers who moved to the Rocky Mountans to trap beavers |
| Rendezvous | Meeting |
| Emigrants | Pioneers that went to Oregon |
| Oregon Trail | Trek across the western plains to get to Oregon. |
| Stephen F. Austin | Leader of American settlers who moved to Texas |
| Tejanos | Mexicans who claimed Texas as their home |
| Alamo | A small Texan force barricade |
| Sam Houston | Commander in chief of the Texas forces |
| Annex | Take control of |
| Battle of San Jacinto | Battle between Houston and Santa Anna resulting in the turning point in the Mexican war |
| John C. Fremont | an army officer who wrote about Texas |
| Rancheros | Ranch owners |
| Rancho | Huge estates |
| Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo | Treaty that gave the Americans Texas. Signed in February 1848. |
| Mexicans Cession | Mexico gave California to the U.S. for $15 million dollars. |
| Gadsden Purchase | Land along the Southern border of Arizona and New Mexico. |
| Forty-niners | People who arrived in California in 1849. |
| Boomtowns | Communities that started overnight. |
| Vigilantes | Citizens that acted as police in areas without them. |
| Levi Strauss | Man who sold jeans to the miners in California. |
| Mormons | People who started a religion and moved to Utah. |
| Brigham Young | Man who lead the Mormons to Utah. |