Texas
This Empresario brought the first settlers to (Texas)
Stephen Austin
Early maps of California were wrong because....
They showed California as an island
This is the practice of giving land grants to settlers in exchange for them taking care of land
Homesteading
The Mexican-America War started in this state
Texas (disputed territory)
This term describes someone who is born on the Iberian Penninsula
Peninsulare
This is the Mexican territory that later became known as Texas
Tejas
Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo
This trail led from Independence Missouri, through Utah, and then to California and was used by people searching for Religious Freedom
The Mormon Trail
This person was president during the Mexican American War
James K. Polk
What future president wanted to be told where the exact spot that American blood was shed in his "Spot Resolution" speech of 1847?
Abraham Lincoln
This man led the Texas Army in the revolution
Sam Houston
California was discovered in this year
1542
This disease was very common along the Oregon Trail
Cholera / Dysentery
Northern Mexico was ceded to America for this much money
15 million
This Native American tribe continually raided Northern Texas in the early days of Mexico
Comanchees
The Alamo fell on this date (need the whole date)
March 6, 1836
This person developed Missions throughout California
Junipero Serra
This is the length of the Oregon Trail
1,800 miles
This treaty ended the Mexican American war
Treaty of Guadalupe Hildalgo
What is the first line of the Marine Hymn?
"From the Halls of Montezuma, to the shores of Tripoli"
Santa Anna was forced to sign these treaties
Treaties of Velasco
This is the name of the first Mission Built in California
The transcontinental railroad was completed in this year
1869
This Mexican American war general became president after Polk and was nicknamed "Old Rough and Ready"
Zachary Taylor
This final battle of the Texas War of Independence resulted in Santa Anna's Capture and lasted only about 20 minutes.
The Battle of San Jacinto
These are the Six Flags of Texas
1. France 2. Spain 3. Mexico 4. Texas 5. USA 6. CSA
Number of Mission in California
21
The Transcontinental Railroad changed the travel time from ____ months to ____ days
Six months
Nine Days
This group of people left the American Army and joined the Mexican Army
The St. Patricos.
How far apart was the discovery of Gold in California and the Signing of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hildalgo?
5 days.