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Ayo, chp 13 in dis.

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Mountain Man   A fur trapper or explorer who discovered trails through the Rocky Mountains.  
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Jedediah Smith   Famous mountain man.  
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Jim Beckwourth   Famous mountain man.  
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Land Speculator   A person who buys land in the hope to that it will increase in valure and bring in a profit.  
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Santa Fe Trail   Trail from Missouri to Santa Fe, New Mexico.  
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Oregon Trail   Trail from Missouri to the Oregon Territory.  
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Mormon   A member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.  
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Brigham Young   Mormon leader.  
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Tejano   A person of Spanish heritage who considers Texas his or her home.  
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Stephen Austin   Started American colony in Texas.  
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Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna   President of Mexico.  
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Sam Houston   First president of the republic of Texas.  
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William Travis   Army leader at the Battle of the Alamo.  
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Juan Seguin   Tejano leader at the Battle of the Alamo.  
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Battle of the Alamo   Key battle for Texan independence.  
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Lone Star Republic   Nickname of the Texas republic.  
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Manifest Destiny   Belief that the United States would expand across the continent.  
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James K. Polk   11th president of the U.S.  
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Zachary Taylor   U.S. General in the war with Mexico.  
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Bear Flsg Revolt   Rebellion by Americans against Mexican rule in California.  
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Winfield Scott   U.S. general in the War with Mexico.  
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Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo   Treaty ending the War with Mexico.  
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Mexican Cession   Vast region given up by Mexico to the United States after the War with Mexico.  
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Forty-Niner   A person who went to California to find gold, starting in 1849.  
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Californio   A California settler of Spanish or Mexican descent.  
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Mariano Vallejo   A Californio and a member of one of the oldest Spanish famalies in America.  
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John Sutter   A California settler on whose land gold was found.  
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James Marshall   A carpenter who found gold at Sutter's Mill.  
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California Gold Rush   Occured when large numbers of people moved to California to find gold, starting in 1849.  
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