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| A western land mass that included Oregon, Washington, Idaho, parts of Wyoming, Montana, and Canada |
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| United States, Great Britain, Spain, and Russia |
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| The four nations that claimed the Oregon Territory |
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| Great Britain and United States |
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| Two nations that reached an agreement to jointly occupy the Oregon Territory for the purpose of keeping Spain and Russia out. |
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| Two nations that could not compete with the volume of American and British Settlers and dropped their claims to the Oregon Territory |
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| The first American Settlers who were hunters and trappers. They primarily hunted beaver as beaver fur was high fashion in Europe. Especially hats! |
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| A meeting of Mountain Men where they would showcase their skills and then trade their goods. |
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| By the 1830's the Mountain Men ran out of furs to hunt. They employed their skills assisting families who wanted to travel west. |
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| Marcus and Narcissa Whitman |
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| One of the first families to settle in the Oregon territory. They went on a religious mission to build an Indian school to teach the natives Christianity. |
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| The Cayuses Indians contracted this disease which they attributed to the Whitmans. Attacked the Whitman school and settlement. |
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| The number of miles one had to travel by foot to reach Oregon |
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| Since there was no lumber, people burned this for fuel on the Oregon trail |
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| Setting out in the early Spring, the goal would be to reach Oregon by this month. Any later could be fatal. |
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| The most perilous geographical danger of the Oregon Trail |
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| Blistering Heat and Snowstorms |
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| The weather related dangers of the Oregon Trail |
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| A dangerous disease that could wipe out whole wagon trains on the Oregon Trail |
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| Got a land grant from Spain to settle Texas in 1821 |
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| Son of Moses who led settlers into Texas |
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| The year Mexico won Independence from Spain |
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| 3 Conditions of Texas Settlement |
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1. Loyalty to Mexico
2. Obey Mexican Law
3. Worship as Catholics |
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| The year that Mexico forbade any further settlement of Texas by Americans. This was primarily over anger at American refusal to convert to Catholicism. |
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| It was banned by the Mexican government which outraged Texans who refused to obey. |
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| Took over leadership of Mexico in 1832. The Tejanos hated him and worked with Americans in Texas to move towards independence. |
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| A person of Mexican descent living in Texas |
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| Site of the first clash between Texas and Mexico |
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| A border town that was captured by the Texans in their quest for revolution |
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| The military fort within San Antonio where many Texans made their last stand and held off Santa Anna's forces. Nearly all were killed. Survivors were executed by the Mexican military. |
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| The number of men who defended the Alamo |
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| James Bowie,David Crockett, William B. Travis |
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| Famous men who died at the Alamo. (Crockett may have been killed by the Mexican army) |
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| Organized an army while the defenders held the Alamo |
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| Impromptu capital of Texas where Texas Independence was officially declared |
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| Decisive battle of Texas Independence. Battle lasted 18 minutes before Mexicans surrendered. |
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| Santa Anna signed a treaty recognizing Texas independence. |
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| Problem facing the New Texas Republic |
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| The Mexican government never accepted Texas independence, they rejected Santa Anna's treaty. The boundary was also in dispute. |
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| Texas wanted to be incorporated into the United States |
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| Northerners did not want to admit Texas to the union and disrupt the balance of slave to free states |
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| Jackson did not want war with Mexico so he dismissed annexation. |
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