The Lousiana purchase
The US bought the Lousiana territory from
what is France?
NM was largely
Who was ignored?
NM and who were no longer cut off from the Santa Fe trail
What are towns?
Were the pros for the Mountain Branch trail
Who followed rivers and what is fur trading (beaver pelts)?
Was built outside Mexican Territory
What is Bent's Fort?
Lousiana usually belonged to
What is Spain?
Mexico had 30 new leaders in how many years
What took 25 years?
This animal was commonly used by people to go through the Santa Fe trail to go trade
What were pack mules used for?
Were the cons for the Mounatin Branch trail
What had dangerous weather, what was slower, and who only traveled 5 months every year?
Bent's Fort was
What is a private trading post?
The Lousiana purchase did what to the US
What doubled the size of the US?
NM had how many governors in 25 years
Who had 16 governors?
IN this year the value of goods traded in the Santa Fe trail were $5 million
What is 1855?
Were the pros of the Cimarron Cut Off
What Had flat land and was faster?
Kit Carson arrives in NM in 1826 with what
What is a wagon train?
Spain gave Lousiana to France because
What was to costly to maintain?
Mexico did not have enough money for what
Who did not have enough money for NM's defense?
In 1862 the value of goods that were traded in the Santa Fe trail were this quantity of money
What was $40 million?
Were the cons of the Cimarron Cut Off
What had little water, what had Native American attacks, what had grizzly bears and mountain lions, and what was illegal?
IN what date was Bent's Fort center of what
What happened in 1840 and who was the center of fur trade?
The Lousiana purchase was in
What happened to the US in 1803?
What was illegal to do in NM but still happened
Who traded with outsiders?
Who was first to use the Santa Fe trail for trade
Who was William Becknell?
People only traveled in what season of the year through the Cimarron Cut Off trail for trade
Who only traveled in summer?
Bent's Fort was ran by
Who were Charles and William Bent, and Ceran and Marcellin St. Vrain?