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Ch. 12 Vocab

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Manifest Destiny The United States was clearly destined, by God to extend it's boundary all the way to the Pacific Ocean
Mountain Men Rocky Mountain fur traders
Rendezvous A meeting
Emigrants People leaving the country.
Oregon Trail A trail across Great Plains, along the Platte River, and through the South Pass of the Rocky Mountains.
Stephen F. Austin Recruited 300 American families to Texas.
Tejanos Mexicans who claimed Texas as their homes.
Alamo The Battle between Santa Ana and the Texans. Santa Ana won
Sam Houston Commander in chief of the Texas forces.
Annex Take control.
Battle of San Jancinto Houston gather 900 people and planned a surprise attack against Santa Ana. (Texans won
John C. Fremont An army officer.
Rancheros Ranch owners
Rancho mission lands, or farms.
Treaty Of Guadalupe Hidalgo Sign 1848, Mexico gave up Texas and agreed Rio Grande was the border of Texas and Mexico.
Mexican Cession Mexico gave California and New Mexico to the U.S for $15 million
Gadsden Purchase A strip of land along the southern edge of present-day Arizona and New Mexico.
Forty-niners People who went up to California in 1849 for the Gold Rush!
Boomtowns New communities, built overnight.
Vigilantes Security, protect themselves.
Levi Stauss Sold miners denim pants.
Mormons Members or the church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Brigham Young Head of mormons.
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