Trade Routes
What is the main trade route that connected Mexico City to San Juan Pueblo and Santa Fe?
What is El Camino Real?
What year did Mexico gain independence from Spain?
What is 1821?
What was the main economic activity in New Mexico during the 19th century?
What is trade and agriculture?
What was one reason American settlers moved to Texas in the early 1800s?
What is to seek land and new opportunities?
Which trail was used by settlers moving to New Mexico after the Mexican-American War?
What is the Santa Fe Trail?
How did Texas immigration affect Mexico's control over its northern territories?
What is it increased tensions and led to demands for independence?
Which indigenous group was heavily involved in trade with New Mexicans?
What are the Pueblo peoples?
What event led to the Texas Revolution against Mexico?
What is the fight for independence due to restrictions on slavery and governance?
What was the significance of the Old Spanish Trail in trade?
What is it connected New Mexico with California, facilitating trade of goods like cattle and horses?
What was the outcome of the Texas annexation to the United States in 1845?
What is it led to increased conflict between the U.S. and Mexico?
What role did the Spanish play in establishing trade routes in New Mexico?
What is they established routes that connected New Mexico to Mexico and other territories?
Who was the first president of the Republic of Texas?
Who is Sam Houston?
What event brought together traders from various regions at the Taos trade fair?
What is the annual gathering of traders and mountain men?
What was the primary economic activity in Mexico during the early 1800s?
What is agriculture, particularly with crops like corn and beans?
How did trade routes impact the cultural exchange in New Mexico?
What is they facilitated the exchange of goods, ideas, and cultural practices?
What was the main reason for the U.S. desire to annex Texas?
What is to expand territory and influence in North America?
Who were the Mountain Men, and what role did they play in trade?
Who were fur trappers who explored and traded in the western territories, including New Mexico?
How did the Mexican-American War start, and what were its main causes?
What is it started due to border disputes and the annexation of Texas, with underlying issues of expansionism?
What was the significance of the Santa Fe Trail for New Mexico's economy?
What is it opened up commerce with the eastern United States and boosted economic growth?
How did the boundary disputes between Texas and New Mexico contribute to the Mexican-American War?
What is they created tensions over land claims and sovereignty issues?