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| A fur trapper, hunter, or explorer of the west; examples: Jedediah Smith, Jim Clyman, & Jim Beckwourth. |
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| A wagon road from Independence, Missouri to the Oregon Territory established in 1832. |
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| He helped to establish an American colony in Texas in 1821. |
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| A person of Spanish heritage who considered Texas their home. |
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| 5. Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna |
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| President of Mexico and General of the Mexican Army. |
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| A term coined by John O'Sullivan in 1845 which referred to the obvious fate that the U.S. would expand from Atlantic to Pacific |
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| American John C. Fremont captured California from Mexico. |
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| a large territory in the American southwest which was granted by Mexico to the U.S. after the Mexican War in 1848 |
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| The nickname for people who went to California in 1849 to search for gold. |
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| The huge influx of gold seekers to California in 1849 following the discovery of gold at John Sutter's mill. |
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