Vocabulary
Missions/Forts
Travel to Alta California
Mexican War
Pioneer
100
Goods brought from another country.
What is import.
100
Who received most of the mission lands?
Who is Californio's.
100
Few people came at first because of this.
What is the danger.
100
What led to the Mexican War for Independence?
What is people were unhappy with Spanish rule.
100
One of the first from a group or a country to enter or settle a place.
Who is a pioneer.
200
A cowhand.
What is vaquero.
200
What happened to the California Indiands after secularization.
What is they received little land to live on.
200
First American to reach Alta California by land.
Who is Jedediah Smith.
200
Fort Ross was established by what company?
Who is Russia.
200
What was the Mexican governement afraid of if too many pioneers cam to Alta California.
What is that they would lose control of Alta California.
300
Rancho
What is a cattle ranch.
300
Pioneers followed these people.
Who is trappers and hunters.
300
AFter the war, pueblos were governed by?
Who is an elected alcade and council.
300
Why were the Sierra Nevada's considered dangerous (5).
What is rocky roads, wagon breaking, animals slipped, low food, and trapped by snow.
400
Export.
What is goods sent to another country.
400
Name five rooms of Fort Sutter.
What is blanket factory, bakery, tower, woodsmith, blacksmith, garden.
400
In what way would established trails have affected travel to Alta California?
What is travel would have been easier and safer.
400
What role did Alta California play in the Mexican War and why?
What is they did have a role because they were cut off from the war. No fighting took place there and they news traveled slowly.
400
What are four things that happened at Sutter's Fort?
What is produced goods, grew food, provided protection, provided room and board.
500
Secularization
What is when the government gives away land
500
Name of dangerous mountains that pioneers made it across before reaching Sutter's Fort.
What is the Sierra Nevada mountain range.
500
Name the three explorers' routes to Alta California.
What is Smith, Fremont, and Bidwell party.
500
Did the people of Alta California feel involved in the war?
What is no.
500
Name something that you learned in this chapter and state why is it important.
What is ______________.
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