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| A ranch where cattle, horses, and other animals were raised. |
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| free land the mexican government gave to Mexicans who settled in California |
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| A person who lived in California |
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| Something brought in from another counry for sale or use |
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| Something sold or traded to another country. |
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| The belief that the United States had the right to take over other countries' lands in America. p 158 |
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| The first battle fought by Californians to be free from Mexico. p 159 |
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| Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo |
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| The agreement that ended the war between Mexico and the United States. p162 |
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| A rapid moveent of people in search of gold. p. 171 |
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| People who went to California in 1849 to find gold |
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| A narror stretch of land with water on both sides |
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| A gold-rich area in the central Sierra Nevada foothills. |
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| A process in which a miner scooped dirt nto a shallow pan, filled the pan with water, and spilld out the water and dirt. Any heavy gold in the dirt would stay n the pan. |
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| A process in which miners used hoses to shoot water at hillsides thought tot have gold (p. 185) |
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| A person who speaks for one or more people. |
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| A formal meeting for a special purpose |
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| A group of representatives who make laws. |
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| An agreement that California would join the United States as a free (non slave) state, but California police would help capture slaves who had escaped from the South. |
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| A citizen who take the law into his or her own hands. |
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| Land set aside by th United States government for Native Americans to live on. |
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| A person who settles on land without permission |
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