| A | B |
|---|
| Mexico won independence from Spain | 1821 |
| brought 300 families to Texas | Stephen Austin |
| Tejanos | settlers of Spanish descent living in Texas |
| American settlers in Texas had to | obey Mexican law and be loyal to Catholic Church |
| why Mexican government limited U.S. immigration and enforce ban on slavery | Americans in Texas refused to obey Mexican rules |
| first battle of Texas Revolution | Gonzales Oct 1835 |
| leader of Americans in San Antonio | William Travis and Jim Bowie |
| Spanish mission Americans used to defend the town | the Alamo |
| led Mexican forces | Santa Anna |
| results of Alamo | Americans killed by Santa Anna's troops |
| leader of new Texas army | Sam Houston |
| where Houston and army surprised Mexican army and won | San Jacinto River near Houston |
| elected president of independent Republic of Texas | Sam Houston |
| Oregon Trail | route to the West |
| Mormons | religious group who went west |
| leader of the Mormons | Joseph Smith |
| head of "new" Mormon Church in Utah | Brigham Young |
| place where Mormons settled | Salt Lake City, Utah |
| manifest destiny | belief that the U.S. was meant to go from the Atlantic to the Pacific Oceans |
| President of U.S. 1844 | James Polk |
| How U.S. got Oregon Country | treaty with Great Britain |
| to "annex" means | to take control of |
| U.S. army leader when war on Mexico declared | Zachary Taylor |
| Bear-Flag Revolt | small group of Americans claimed Calif. to be an independent republic |
| Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo | Mexico got $15 million and U.S. got Mexican Cession |
| lands in Mexican Cession | Calif., Nevada, Utah, Arizona, etc |
| how U.S. got more land in Arizona and new Mexico from Mexico | Gadsden Purchase |
| California Gold Rush | people went to Calif. searching for gold |
| forty-niners | good-seekers in 1849 that went to Calif. looking for gold |
