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He cleared a pass through the Appalachian Mountains.
How did Daniel Boone help encourage settlement of the West?
In wagon trains, people followed the trail to reach the land near the Pacific Ocean. Both America and Great Britain claimed this land and made a compromise to avoid war.
What was Oregon Country?
the distance between the equator and a place north or south of the equator, measured in degrees.
What does latitude mean?
The roads were bad.
Why was it hard for people to travel in America in the early 1700s?
The settlers took the Native American's land.
What was the main reason Native Americans resented settlers who moved into the West?
He united Native American tribes against the Americans.
What was Tecumseh's ideas for resisting American settlers?
Santa Anna and the Mexican army attacked the mission. After two weeks, all the Texans inside the mission was dead.
What is the Battle of the Alamo?
where newly settled areas meet unsettled, but not necessarily uninhabited, areas
What is the frontier?
It could carry people and goods both upstream and downstream.
What was the biggest advantage of the steamboat compared to other river travel?
They were forced to live in certain areas.
They explored the land all the way to the Pacific Ocean and reported back to President Jefferson.
Gold was discovered at Sutter's Mill. People hoped to find gold and get rich.
Why did people go to California?
To leave one country to settle permanently in another.
They didn't freeze in winter. They could travel over mountains. They were faster.
What advantages did railroads have over canals?
She interpreted for Lewis and Clark and guided them through unfamiliar territory.
Who was Sacagawea?
When the Mexican killed people between the Rio Grande and the Nueces River, he considered it an act of war.
Who was President Polk?
During the Mexican War, President Polk hoped to add new land to the United States.
What is California and New Mexico?
A person who translates from one language to another.
What is an interpreter?
The people traveled west on the Oregon Trail in trains in vehicles transported by horses or oxen.
What is a covered wagon?
A Seminole that pledged to fight the white men so that they could stay on their native land.
Who was Osceola?
He was the general of the Texas army and the first president of the Republic of Texas.
Who was Sam Houston?
It could not become a state of the United States because it allowed slavery.
What was Texas?
One of the first people to settle in a region.
What is a pioneer?
After it was completed, other states built canals.
How did the building of the Erie Canal in New York affect the rest of the country?
The United States and Native Americans signed formal agreements promising the Native Americans would keep their land.
What is a treaty?