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Ch. 13 vocab. kk
Me tortuga en mi cabeza. ^.^
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Jedidiah Smith | led expedition to find route through Rocky Mountains when grizzly bear attacked. |
| Mountain Men | daring fur trappers and explorers who opened up West by discovering trail through the Rockies |
| Jim Beckwourth | Tough and rugged mountain man |
| land speculator | bought huge areas of land hoping it would increase in value |
| Santa Fe Trail | trail that led from Missouri to Santa Fe |
| Oregon Trail | trail from Independence Missouri to Oregon territory |
| Mormon | Members of Church of Latter-Day Saints who settled in Utah |
| Brigham Young | leader of Mormons who moved them out of U.S. into Utah(part of Mexico) to live in peace. |
| Stephen Austin | Helped establish American colony in Texas after his father's death. |
| Tejano | people of Spanish heritage who consider Texas their home. |
| Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna | Mexican general who led Mexican Army at Alamo. |
| Sam Houston | commanded Texas Army at Alamo |
| William Travis | led 183 Texas volunteers at Alamo |
| Juan Sequin | led a band of 25 Tejanos in support of the revolt |
| Battle of the Alamo | Between Texas and Mexico over Texas fight for independence from Mexico. |
| Lone Star Republic | Texans set up Texas as an independent nation |
| James Polk | nominated by Democrats to run against Clay in 1844 election/ |
| Manifest Destiny | Westward expansion that was bound to happen |
| Zachary Taylor | General who stationed troops along northern bank of Rio Grande |
| Bear Flag Revolt | American in California who led rebellion against Mexican rule. |
| Winfield Scott | General landed at Veracruz on Gulf of Mexico and battled inland toward Mexico. |
| Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo | Mexico recognized Texas as part of U.S. and Rio Grande border between nations. |
| Mexican Cession | Mexico gave up region that included California, Nevada, Utah, part of Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado and Wyoming |
| Forty-niner | someone who went to California to find gold |
| Californio | Settlers in California of Spanish or Mexican descent. |
| Mariano Vallejo | Important Californio who owned vast amount of land |
| John Sutter | Swiss immigrant who was granted 50,000. acres in Sacramento Valley. Gold discovered on his property led to Gold Rush. |
| James Marshall | Hired by Sutter to build sawmill and he discovered gold that led to California Gold Rush. |
| California Gold Rush | Refered to the large number of people who came to California to find Gold. |
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