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Glenco Ch 12 Continu
Manifest Destiny -Ch 12, Sec. 3 and 4
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| In the early 1800s, New Mexico, | included present day New MExico, Arizona, Nevada, and parts of Colorado and Utah. |
| The Santa Fe Trail | started in Missouri and crossed the praries to the Arkansas River to the Rocky Mountains the turned south to the New Mexico Territory. |
| As trade increased with New Mexico | settlers began settling in that region. |
| Manifest Destiny | included the New Mexico region. |
| The mission system was a part of | Spain's plan to colonize California. |
| Spanish Explorers and missionaries from Mexico had been the first | Europeans to settle in California. |
| The Spainish used | the missions to convert the Native Americans to Christianity. |
| Mexican settlers in 1833 | bought California land and built huge properties called ranchos. |
| Rancheros were ranch owners that | treated Native American workers like slaves. |
| American travelers wrote that | California was abundant and made Americans want to annex it even more. |
| The US wanted America to own California so | America would be safely bordered by the sea and not a foreign power. |
| In June 1846, a small group of Americans | seized Sonoma and proclaimed the independent Republic of California. |