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| Joseph Smith | English army captain whose strict discipline helped the Jamestown settlement to survive |
| Brigham Young | Leader of the Mormons |
| John Sutter | German immigrant found the first gold on his property in 1848, near the Sacramento river in California |
| Daniel Boone | Virginia pioneer and trail-blazer, nicknamed the pathmaker, guided settlers throught eh Cumberland Gap in Kentucky |
| James Marshall | Discovered gold on John Sutter's property |
| Merriwether Lewis | US army officer and scout who explored the Louisiana purchase with William Clark from 1803-6 |
| William Clark | US army officer and scout who explored the Louisiana purchase with Merriwether Lewis from 1803-6 |
| Thomas Jefferson | 3rd US President |
| Thomas Jefferson | Author of the Declaration of Independence |
| Thomas Jefferson | Bought the Louisiana Purchase from France |
| Kit Carson | Led a group to explore the West |
| Andrew Jackson | 7th US President |
| Andrew Jackson | Ordered the Cherokees out of their homelands in georgia and sent them to Oklahoma |
| Trail of Tears | The journey of the Cherokees from georgia to Oklahoma. 4000 died. |
| Sucajawea | Shoshone Indian guide and translator for the Lewis and Clark expedition |
| Land speculator | Someone who buys land cheaply in order to sell it later for a profit |
| Envoy | Someone who represents one government in dealing with another |
| Missionary | A person who travels to a new area to spread a religion |
| Frontier | An unsetled are at or the beyond the edge of a settled region |
| Prospector | A person who hunts for gold or other minerals |
| Prairie | A large area of flat rolling grassland with fertile soil and a few trees |
| Empresario | A land agent in Texas who brought in settlers |
| Mormon | A religious group relating to the Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter Day Saints |
| Wagon train | A group of wagons travelling together across the country |
| Conestoga wagon | A covered wagon |
| Pioneer | One of the first people to explore or settle in a new area |
| Land grant | A gift of land from the government which was worked for 5 years and was then owned by the settlers. |
| Forty-niner | Someone who came to California in 1849 to look for gold |
| Citizen | A person who is a member of a particular nation |
| Immigrant | A person who comes to settle in a country |
| Emmigrant | A person who leaves one country to settle in another |
| Homestead | A farmhouse and farm land |
| Pass | A low place in the mountains |
| Blaze | To mark a trail |
| Territory | An area that belongs to a nation but isn't part of the nation |
| Livestock | Farm animals |
| Porridge | A soup-like food |
| Interpreter | A person who explains what is being said in another language |
