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Chapter 13 Vocab SX
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Jedediah Smith | Famous Mountain man who discovered the south pass through the Rockies |
| Mountain Man | A fur trapper and/or explorer who found trails through the Rocky Mountains and opened up the west |
| Jim Beckwourth | Famous Mountain Man |
| Land Speculator | Person who buys land low, hoping to sell sections of it at a higher price |
| Santa Fe Trail | Trail established by William Becknell to create trade between Missouri and the capital of the Mexican province of New Mexico |
| Oregon Trail | trail settlers used to migrate west |
| Mormon | Member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, founded by Joseph Smith in 1830 |
| Stephen Austin | Man who established an American colony in Texas, fulling his father's dream |
| Tejano | Person of Spanish heritage and lives in Texas |
| Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna | Mexican president and general who governed the Texas colony and fought to keep it under Mexican rule |
| Sam Houston | Commander of Texas army when Texans decided to declare themselves independent |
| William Travis | Commander of a small force who defended the Alamo |
| Juan Seguin | Commander of 25 Tejanos who defended the Alamo |
| Battle of the Alamo | 1836 battle where 183 Texans and 25 Tejanos defended against the Mexican army after 12 days of fighting |
| Lone Star Republic | Nickname of the Republic of Texas, 1836 |
| James K. Polk | 11th president in 1844, democrat and committed to the US expansion to Texas and Oregon |
| Manifest Destiny | belief that US was destined to stretch across the continent |
| Zachary Taylor | General who was ordered to station troops in disputed territory, and starting the mexican war |
| Bear Flag Revolt | 1846 rebellion by Americans against Mexican rule in California |
| Winfield Scott | General who captured Mexico City for the US |
| Treaty of Guadalupe Hildalgo | 1848 treaty that ended the US war with Mexico and set the Rio Grande as the border |
| Mexican Cession | Vast region given up by Mexico in 1848 |
| Forty-Niner | Person to who went to California to find gold, starting in 1849 |
| Californio | Settler of Mexican or Spanish descent who lived in California |
| Mariano Vallejo | Wealthy and important Californio who owned 250,000 acres of land |
| John Sutter | Man who persuaded Mexican governor to grant him land on which James Marshall later found gold |
| James Marshall | Man who founded gold on John Sutter's land |
| California Gold Rush | Event that began in 1849 after gold was found at Sutter's mill |
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