| A | B |
|---|
| Sam Houston | commander in chief of the Texas forces |
| South Pass | wide route through R. Mtns. Jedidah Smith |
| mexican war | US fought 1846-1848 disputed border of Texas |
| William B. Travis | commander of Texan forces at Alamo |
| Steven F. Austin | Father of Texas, founded first settlement of 300 families |
| Gen. Santa Ana | former pres. of Mexico, through out constitution, became a dictator |
| Mexican Cession | Mex. gave provinces of Cal. and N. Mexico to US for $15mill |
| Lonestar republic | name given to new indep. country of Texas |
| Guadalupe Hidalgo treaty | gave Ca. and N. Mex and Ariz to US |
| Marcus Whitman | missionary first to lead Amer. West on Oregon trail |
| Santa Fe Trail | trail began near Independence Missouri ran to santa fe in New Mex. territory |
| Alamo | abandoned mission near San Antonio became a fort for Texans fighting for independence |
| Oregon trail | most practical wagon route to W. US in 1840s |
| Gadsden purchase | US paid Mexico $10 mill for a strip of land along the S. edge of the present day state of Ariz and N. Mex |
| John J. Astor | established American company in 1808 |
| gold rush | migration of more than 80,000 people to Cal. in 1849 in search of gold |
| Brigham Young | leader of Mormons that lead his followers to settle in the deserts of Utah |
| San Jacinto | battle where Santa Ana was defeated and TExas won independence |
| Emresario | person who arranged for settlement of land in Texas during the 1800s |
| emmigrant | person who leaves country or region to live somewhere else |
| cede | to give up by treaty |
| decree | order given by one in authority |
| boom town | community experienced a sudden growth in business or population |
| joint occupation | possession and settling of an area shared by 2 or more countries |
| rancho | huge properties for raising livestock,set up by Mexican settlers in Cal. |
| annex | to add a territory to one's own territory |
| manifest destiny | the idea in the US during 1800s that the country must expand its boundries to the Pacific |
| Mountain man | frontiersman living in the wilderness |
| rendezvous | a meeting |
| Californios | Mexicans who lived in California |
| vigilantes | people who take law into their own hands |
| 49ers | people who went to California during gold rush of 1849 |
| ranchero | Mexican ranch owner |
| Tejano | Mexican who claims Texas as his home |
