War with Mexico

5. They were two explorers and missionaries that created a chain of missions that extended from San Diego to Sonoma.
6. He led American troops across the disputed borderland into Mexico which then was attacked by Mexican soldiers which led to the war with Mexico.
11. In charge of the U.S. Army that captured Mexico City in mid-September 1847.
16. He was the American Naval Commander that captured the ports of Monterey, San Francisco, and San Diego.
19. 1. Secure the border of Texas 2. Seize New Mexico and California 3. Take capital of Mexico- Mexico City
20. He became the first American trader to reach Santa Fe and his route to get there was called the Santa Fe Trail.

1. Army officer; wrote of the California region's mild climate and vast natural resources and got Americans interested in it.
2. New Mexico and California was given to the U.S. from Mexico for $15 million.
3. Becknell's route that was used to reach Santa Fe.
4. Huge Mexican estates that were built by settlers on purchased mission lands.
7. The Mexicans who lived in California.
8. In the 1800s, the vast region between the Texas and California Territories was
9. Treaty that was signed in February 1848; 1. Mexico gave up Texas and agreed to Rio Grande as the border between Texas and Mexico 2. Gave California and New Mexico to U.S. for $15 million
10. Led 1500 troops along the Santa Fe Trail from Fort Leavenworth to New Mexico and captured it along with the capital- Santa Fe.
12. U.S. paid Mexico $10 million for a strip of land along the southern edge of present-day Arizona and New Mexico.
13. The person sent by Polk to offer $30 million for California and New Mexico in return for Mexico's acceptance of the Rio Grande as the Texas boundary.
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15. After the Republic of California broke away from Mexico, the country was given the new name.
17. Ranch owners who treated Native Americans like slaves.
18. A settlement founded in New Mexico by the Spanish in 1610.