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Jedediah Smith Was a leading an expedition to find a route through the rocky mountains.
mountain men they opened the west by discovering the best trails.
Jim beckworth he become famous as a rugged loners.
Land speculaters the people who bought huge areas of land.
Santa fe trail witch led from the mississippi to santa fe.
Oregon trail It ran for the independence missouri and orgeon territory.
mormons the people that settled in utah.
Brigman young he was the next mormon leader.
Stephen austin was a son of a bankrupt missuri mine other
Tejano People of the Spanish heritage who consider Texas as there home.
Antonio Lopez He was a Mexican president.
Sam Houston The only man at the meeting with a military
William travis Wad a small force included such famous frontiersmen
Juan seguin Led a band of 25 tejanos
Battle of the alamo When Texas was battling San Antonio
Lone star republic Was proclaimed Texas as independent.
James k Polk He was a man nominated by the democrats.
Manifest destiny Suggested that expansion was not good but bound to happen.
Zachary Taylor To station troops on the northern bank.
Bear flag revolt They arrested the Mexican comander
Winfield Scott Landed at Veracruz on the gulf of Mexico.
Treaty of Guadalupe Mexico recognized that Texas was part of the u.s
Mexican cession This area included the president days in California.
Forty niner Someone who went to California to find gold.
California Settlers of Spanish or Mexican decent
Mariano A member of the oldest Spanish families.
John sutter A Swiss immigrant was one exeption.
James Marshall To build a sawmill on the nearby American river.
California gold rush A gold rush occurs when a large number of people move to a site were gold has been found
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