Mexican Cession

4. The Mexican government abolished the Spanish Mission and sold their land to _____.
6. John C. Fremont and Kit Carson joined with the Americans in ______ and declared California independence from Mexico.
7. The 49ers discovered _____ the amount of gold found in the world.
9. Border, Polk ordered Gen. Zachary Taylor to march his soldiers to the _____to protect it.
10. Spanish explorers from _____ had been the first to settle in California.
12. Fe, William Becknell was the first American trader to reach _____ in 1821.
13. _____ traders used the Santa Fe Trail to trade fur for supplies.

1. _____ began coming to the Sacramento Valley after John C. Fermont wrote about the beauty of the land.
2. Then on April 1846 Mexican cavalry attacked a group of U.S _____ killing dozens.
3. After Mexico gained its _____ from Spain, California had became a state of Mexico.
5. James Marshall was working when in the distance he found _____.
8. Mexico was forced to sell _____ and new Mexico to the U.S for $1.5 million.
11. Francisco, Juan Bautista found a route and established the first settlement in _____ in 1776.