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MARCH ON!
FIGHT ON!
100
A cowboy
What is VAQUERO
100
First American to travel across land to California
What is JEDEDIAH STRONG SMITH
100
This group of people received the most land grants
What are CALIFORNIOS
200
A party or celebration
What is FIESTA
200
Tell the Donner Party story and some lessons we can learn from this story
What is I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU SAID. DID YOU ANSWER THE QUESTION?
200
This group of people received very little land grants
What are NATIVE AMERICANS
300
New land that has not yet been explored
What is FRONTIER
300
Built a fort near Sacramento that became a stopping place for pioneers
Who is John Sutter
300
Mexicans went to war with the Spanish for this reason
What is THEY DIDN'T LIKE BEING RULED BY A KING AND WANTED FREEDOM
400
The first person to do something
What is PIONEER
400
It took about this long to travel by land from Missouri to California
What is 6 MONTHS
400
We won the war
What is MEXICO
500
A government in which citizens elect lawmakers
What is REPUBLIC
500
Describe the two main ways to get to California and problems you might encounter on each route
What is LAND AND SEA
500
We got these things because we won the war
What are FREEDOM AND LAND (including California)