Battles and War
Davy Crockett, Jim Bowie, and William B Travis were fighting for Texan independence when they were killed at ____________________.
The Alamo
These folks were the group who actually made a lot of money during the Gold rush in California in 1848-49
Merchants
The annual meet held for fur trappers to trade in their furs, resupply, and have a little fun.
rendezvous
Name the 4 countries that had claims in Oregon territory.
US, Britain, Spain, Russia
These were regular people that decided to take the law into their hands and acted as judge, jury, and sometime executioner.
vigilantes
The war between the US and Mexico started with a disagreement over the boarder. The US claim one river, Mexico the other. Name those 2 rivers.
The Rio Grande and the Nueces Rivers
Who was the person who coined the phrase, Manifest Destiny?
John O'Sullivan
An agreement to this between the US and Britain allowed for citizens of both countries to settle the Oregon territory.
joint occupation
What country did the US have to make an agreement with in regards to our citizens settling in Oregon Country?
Britain
Where did Manifest Destiny state the US should spread to?
Across the continent, all the way to the Pacific Ocean
In 1846 Americans living in California captured and renamed California the __________ __________ republic.
Bear Flag
Who was captured at the Battle of San Jacinto
General Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna
Owners of the ranchos in California were known as?
rancheros
What was the name of the town in Missouri that most travellers heading to Oregon left from?
Independence, Missouri.
What persuaded most people to want to move to the Oregon territory more than anything?
fertile land for farming
Texans that surrendered to Santa Anna at this battle were massacred and executed.
Goliad
He was elected the first president of Texas and asked the US to annex Texas after it got its independence.
Sam Houston
A term that means to give up something; or to __________ it. (as in land)
Cede
What was the name of the pass that travellers heading out to Oregon had to pass through to get through the Rocky Mts.?
The South Pass
During the siege of the Alamo the leaders of the Texan revolution wrote one of these; it set up a government and declared independence from Mexico.
a constitution
What was president Polk's 3 part war plan?
- Take control of the Texas - Mexican boarder
- Seize New Mexican territory and California
- Capture Mexico City
He was the leader who led the Mormons out of the US into what later became Utah territory after the founder of their faith was killed. Who were both men
Brigham Young and Joseph Smith
This was the name for a person who recruited people to move into Texas for the Mexican gov't.
empresario
Name 5 places that people from all over the world came from to find gold during the Gold Rush in California in 1848-49
Europe, China, South America, Australia, and Mexico
What were the four rules Mexico had for anyone that wanted to immigrate to Texas?
- Speak Spanish, become Roman Catholic (embrace the state religion), become a citizen, obey Mexican law.