Francisco Coronado
Coronado was born in Spain. When he was 25 years old he came to ____
Mexico
Spanish explorers wanted to find the _______
seven cities of gold
Sam Houston sent delegates to Washington D.C. to request _______
statehood
U.S. soldiers attacked ____ by land and sea
Mexico
Texas President ____did not want Texas to be annexed.
Lamar
Coronado took ___ and ___ for food during the expedition
sheep; goats
The Indians told Coronado there __________
no cities of gold
President Martin Van Buren said "No" to Houston's request because he didn't want _____
to go to war with Mexico
To end the war, U.S. troops captured
Mexico City
Coronado was born in Spain in ____
1510
Coronado left most of the people behind so he could
travel faster
Soldiers began to die from ____
the heat
One reason the U.S. said "No" to annexation was because Texas was ____
slavery
The U.S. sent soldiers to protect _____ from _____
Texas; Mexico
What was one success from The Republic of Texas?
-liberty from Mexico
-new settlers
-a new,free government
-The Texas Rangers
-successful elections
Coronado found land that was perfect for ____
growing crops
One explorer, _____, said he had seen the cities of gold.
Marcos de Niza
The U.S. paid Texa's debt because Texas ____
gave some of it territory
There were many casualties in
the Mexican-American War
What wa one problem of The Republic of Texas?
-debt
-protection
-services
After Francisco Coronado stopped a slave rebellion, he was made the governor of ____
New Galicia
_______ sent Coronado to lead an expedition north to find the cities of gold.
Viceroy Mendoza
The U.S. changed its mind about annexation because President Polk believed in ____
Manifest Destiny
The ______ ended the Mexican-American War. The territory that Mexico gave to the U.S. is called the _____
Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo; Mexican Cession
How old was Coronado when he died?
44 years old.