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| made their living as fur trappers |
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| an order or decision given by one in authority |
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| the main route that settlers took to Oregon country |
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| were Mexicans who claimed Texas as their homes |
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| was the high point of the year for mountain men |
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| were the first Americans to reach Oregon country |
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| persuaded many Americans to settle in Oregon country |
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| a person who leaves a country or region to live elsewhere |
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| this word is defined as "to add a territory to one's own territory" |
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| battle in which general Santa Anna was captured |
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| was a frequent problem that pioneers faced alongthe Oregon Trail |
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| was the last country to challenge the United States' control of Oregon |
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| was the Tennessee backwoodsman who lost his life at the Alamo |
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| this individual was a mountain man who turned guide to lead settlers west |
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| a person who arranged for the settlement of land in Texas during the 1800s |
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| "Fifty-Four Forty or Fight" |
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| was Jame K.Polk's presidential campaign slogan in 1844 |
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| under his presidential administration the United States was at war with Mexico |
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| after this battle victory some Texans left thinking the war had been won |
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| was not quickly annexed to the United States because it was considered to be a slave state |
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| allowed people from both Britain and the United States to settle in Oregon country |
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| Arrived after the fur trappers and were among the first settlers of the Oregon country |
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| was arrested by the Mexican government because he worked for Texas independence |
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| during this battle, Texas bore a flag on the cannon on which was printed, "Come and Take it" |
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| name given to the first settlers who were brought by Stephen Austin to settle the fertile land |
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| the philosophy that the United States was set apart to extend its boundaries all the way to the Pacific |
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| was named as commander in chief of the Texas forces by the provisional government of the Republic of Texas |
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| was referring to the defenders of the Alamo, when he started, "The Texans Fought more like Devils than like men" |
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| famous battle cry shouted by Texans as they launched the surprise attack on the Mexican camp at San Jacinto |
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| This line resolved the Oregon boundary between Great Britain and the Unoted States |
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| treaty in which Spain gave up its claim to Oregon and agreed to set the limits of its territory at what is now California's northern border |
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| Passed by Mexico consisted of having new settlers recieve tracts of land at low or reduced prices, require settlers to become Mexican citizens and convert to catholicism |
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huge area that lay between the Pacific Ocean and the Rocky Mountains
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this vast, rugged land was claimed by Britain, Spain, Russia, and the United States |
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