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ch.13 vocab hm
Question | Answer |
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mountain man | a fur trapper or explorer ho discovered trails through the rocky mountains |
jebeiah smith | tough and resouceful famous mountain man |
jim beckwourth | spent most of year alone trapping small animals, and is a famous mountain man |
land speculator | a person who buys land in the hope that it will increase in value and bring in a profit |
santa fe trail | trail from missouri to santa fe,new mexico |
oregon trail | trail from missouri to the oregon territory |
mormon | a member of the church of jesus christ of latter-day saints |
bringham young | second mormon leader |
tejano | a person of spanish heritage who considers texas his or her home |
stephen autin | started amreican colony in texas |
antonio lopez de santa anna | president of mexico |
sa houston | first president of the republic of texas |
william travis | army leader at the battle of the alamo |
juan seguin | tejano leader at the battle of the alamo |
battle of the alamo | key battle for texas independence |
lone star republic | nickname of the texas republic |
manifest destiny | belief that the united states would expand across the continent |
james k. polk | 11th president of the united states of america |
zachary taylor | u.s. general in the war with mexico |
bear flag revolt | rebellion by americans against mexican rule in california |
winfield scott | US general in the war with Mexico |
treaty of guadalupe hidalgo | treaty ending the war with Mexico |
mexican cession | vast region given up by Mexico to the US after the war with Mexico |
forty-niner | a person who went to California to find gold starting in 1874 |
californio | California settler of Spanish or Mexican descent |
mariano vallejo | a Californio and a member of one of the oldest Spanish families in America |
john sutter | a California settler on whose land gold was found |
james marshall | a carpenter who found gold at Sutter's mill |
california gold rush | occurred when large numbers of people moved to California to find gold starting in 1849 |