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- 3. What was the term of owning people as property called?
- 5. Texans of mexican descent were called
- 9. Where was Santa Anna captured and forced to exchange his freedom for Tejantos to get out of texas?
- 13. Who led the old 300?
- 20. Mexico gave us California and New mexico in what was called_.
- 21. What was the name of the old mission the texans fought out of against the Tajantos
- 22. Stephen Austin attracted 297 families to his texas settlement soon know as
- 23. When people rushed people to california they built new communities called_.
- 24. Who was the football team named after the 1849 gold rush?
- 28. The slogan that referred to the line of latitude that democrats believed should be the nation's northern border in oregon
- 30. What was a large portion of land bought from France called?
- 32. Who claimed to be the president of mexico?
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- 1. Mexican troops tried to seize a cannon held by Teaxans at the town of_.
- 2. A war general that marched soldiers to Nueces river to rio grande.
- 4. What were we granted when the revolutionary war ended?
- 6. Who was voted in the presidential election that decided whether to annex Texas or not?
- 7. Why did people want to get to California so fast?
- 8. Some americans were mad about the war in Texas this is an example of_.
- 10. People of Texas wanted to do what to join the United States?
- 11. King George lll led what country?
- 12. When the gold rush happened what was the outcome?
- 14. While people were looking for gold in california these were violent and lonely
- 15. What did John O’Sulivan say, meaning obvious fate?
- 16. Houston wanted to prevent other forts from being overrun by the Mexicans so he ordered troops in what city to abandon their positions
- 17. The border that Americans thought should separate Texas from mexico.
- 18. Texans had to learn Spanish, convert to Catholicism and abide by the Mexican laws What was this called?
- 19. Great Britain and the United States decided to do what with oregon?
- 25. What was the most common trail going westward?
- 26. In this treaty Mexico gave up all claims to Texas and agreed Rio Grande and the border
- 27. Latitude line that split oregon territory and current border for us
- 29. Who sent James Monroe to France with an offer to buy New Orleans for $7.5 million?
- 31. People who were recruited by the government for grants on mexico.
