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Ch. 11
Chapter 11.
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History
8th Grade
03/08/2010

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John Jacob Astor
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An american merchantwho created one of the largest fur businesses.

 

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Mountain Men
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They were fur tradders and trappers
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Rendezvous
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A once a year meeting that help the fur trade more profitable
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Astoria
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John Jacob Astor founded a fur trading post called Astoria
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Robert Grey
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The US based its claim to the Oregon country on the expoation of merchant camptain Grey
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Oregon Trail
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Many settlers moving to oregon country and other western areas followed the 2,000-mile-long oregon trail
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Santa Fe Trail
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Another inportant trail that went west
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Joseph Smith
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founded the church of jesus christ of latter-day saints which was known as the Mormons
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Brigham Young
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After Joseph Smith was murdered young became head of the Mormon church
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Father Miguel Hidalgo
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A mexican preist, who led a rebllion against the spanish monarchy
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Empresarios
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Agents hired by the New mexican goverment to bring the settlers back to Texas
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Stephen Austin
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Agents hired by the Mexican government to bring settlers to Texas
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Santa Anna
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An empresario/agent who started a Texas colony to the lower colorado river
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Gonzales
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Town where war for Teaxan Indendence began
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Explicit
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fully revealed without vagueness
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Colonel William Travis

 

 

 

 

 

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Texan commander of the Alamo
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Alamo
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An abandoned mission new San Antonio that became an inportant battle site in the Texas Revolution
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Goliad
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A later battle, where Santa Anna executed 350 prisoners, who had surrendered
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Sam Houston
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Houston was named to head the Texas Army
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Battle of San Jacinto
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Texas defeted Santa Anna and captured him
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Taxas Rangers
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The rangers guarded the frontier from Mexican and Native American attaks
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Manifest destiny
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Obvious fate of the US to settle land to the pacific to spread
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John O' Sullivan
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Coined the term manifest destiny
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James K. Polk
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Elected president in 1848
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54 degrees 40 min. N. lat.
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The line which Americans wanted their nothern territory to extend 
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Vaqueros
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Mexian cowboys who managed the large herd of cattle, and sheep
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California Banknote
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cowhides were so vauable that they called it this
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Californios
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Early California settlers
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Anglos
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Americans in Califoria
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Mariano Vallejo
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He put charge of Meixco's efforts to increase settlement in northern california
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John Slidell
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Dipomat sent by Polk to try to settle the border dispute
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Zachery Taylor
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Genral Taylor led troops to the Rio Grande
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Stephan Kearny
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Polk ordered genral kearny to attack new mexico
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Bear Flag Revolt
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Americans declare Califoria independence  
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Winfield Scoot
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General scoot was strict because of his strict military descipline, sailed to Veracruz-the strongest fortnress in mexico
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John Sutter
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Owned the land where gold was discovered, which started the gold rush
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Donnor Party
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A group western travelers who went to Cali  but were stranded in the sirra Nevada Mountains during winter
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forty-niners
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gold-seeking migrants who went to cali in 1849
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James Marshall
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A carpenter, Sutter asked to build a sawmill
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Prospect
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Search for gold
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Placer Miners
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used pans and other divices to wask gold nuggets out of lose rock and gravel
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