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An american merchantwho created one of the largest fur businesses.
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| They were fur tradders and trappers |
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| A once a year meeting that help the fur trade more profitable |
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| John Jacob Astor founded a fur trading post called Astoria |
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| The US based its claim to the Oregon country on the expoation of merchant camptain Grey |
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| Many settlers moving to oregon country and other western areas followed the 2,000-mile-long oregon trail |
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| Another inportant trail that went west |
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| founded the church of jesus christ of latter-day saints which was known as the Mormons |
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| After Joseph Smith was murdered young became head of the Mormon church |
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| A mexican preist, who led a rebllion against the spanish monarchy |
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| Agents hired by the New mexican goverment to bring the settlers back to Texas |
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| Agents hired by the Mexican government to bring settlers to Texas |
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| An empresario/agent who started a Texas colony to the lower colorado river |
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| Town where war for Teaxan Indendence began |
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| fully revealed without vagueness |
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| Texan commander of the Alamo |
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| An abandoned mission new San Antonio that became an inportant battle site in the Texas Revolution |
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| A later battle, where Santa Anna executed 350 prisoners, who had surrendered |
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| Houston was named to head the Texas Army |
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| Texas defeted Santa Anna and captured him |
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| The rangers guarded the frontier from Mexican and Native American attaks |
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| Obvious fate of the US to settle land to the pacific to spread |
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| Coined the term manifest destiny |
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| Elected president in 1848 |
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| 54 degrees 40 min. N. lat. |
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| The line which Americans wanted their nothern territory to extend |
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| Mexian cowboys who managed the large herd of cattle, and sheep |
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| cowhides were so vauable that they called it this |
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| Early California settlers |
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| He put charge of Meixco's efforts to increase settlement in northern california |
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| Dipomat sent by Polk to try to settle the border dispute |
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| Genral Taylor led troops to the Rio Grande |
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| Polk ordered genral kearny to attack new mexico |
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| Americans declare Califoria independence |
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| General scoot was strict because of his strict military descipline, sailed to Veracruz-the strongest fortnress in mexico |
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| Owned the land where gold was discovered, which started the gold rush |
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| A group western travelers who went to Cali but were stranded in the sirra Nevada Mountains during winter |
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| gold-seeking migrants who went to cali in 1849 |
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| A carpenter, Sutter asked to build a sawmill |
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| used pans and other divices to wask gold nuggets out of lose rock and gravel |
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