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Vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Manifest Destiny | A belief that the expansion of the US throughout the American continents was both justified and inevitable. |
| Mountain Men | People who spent most of their time in the Rocky Mountains. |
| Rendezvouz | A meeting or gathering. |
| Emigrants | Pioneers that left the United States to go to Oregon. |
| Oregon Trail | A route to the western parts of the United States. |
| Stephen F. Austin | established the first Anglo-American colony in the Tejas province of Mexico and saw it grow into an independent republic. |
| Tejanos | Mexicans who claimed Texas as their home. |
| Alamo | |
| Sam Houston | Commander in chief of the Texas forces. |
| Annex | To take control of. |
| Battle of San Jacinto | |
| John C. Fremont | |
| Rancheros | Ranch Owners. |
| Rancho | A huge estate. |
| Treaty of Guadeloupe Hidalgo | |
| Mexican Cession | |
| Gadsden Purchase | An agreement between the United States and Mexico. |
| Forty-niners | People who arrived in 1849 to travel the world in search of riches |
| Boomtowns | Towns that were built almost overnight. |
| Vigilantes | A group of citizens that was formed to protect themselves. |
| Levi Strauss | A man who sold the miners sturdy pants made of denim. |
| Mormans | Members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. |
| Brigham Young | Head of the Mormons. |
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