War with Mexico

3. California became known as the (blank) Flag Republic
5. Amount of millions the United States paid Mexico for new land
6. River in Mexico that the United States believed separated Texas and Mexico
8. Mexico and the United States argued about where this was between Texas and Mexico
11. Catholic priests tried to convert Native Americans to this religion
13. First American trader to reach Santa Fe
14. President who believe both New Mexico and California were part of Manifest Destiny
15. General sent by Polk to lead an army between the rivers separating Texas and Mexico
16. New Mexico Territory included parts of present day New Mexico, Arizona, Nevada, Utah, Colorado, and

1. Owner of a rancho
2. Americans wanted California to the country to have access to this ocean
4. Treaty that ended the war between Mexico and the United States
7. large estates set up by Mexicans in the American West
9. American traders wanted to have access to countries in this continent
10. American army officer who wrote about the nice weather and natural resources in California
11. Became independent in 1846
12. First Europeans to reach California