Chapter 13 Flashcards
ranchos and Native Americans
Native Americans work in exchange for food & shelter
mountain men after trapping done
some farmers; others worked as guides
Oregon Country claimants
U.S., Great Britain, Russia, & Spain
1844 Democratic campaign slogan
“54 40’ or fight”–referred to problem w/Great Britain over Oregon Country
Texas annexation president
James K. Polk in 1845
ranchos
huge Mexican properties
Sam Houston
commander of Texas forces
vigilantes
took law into their own hands; acted as police, judge, & jury
Oregon Trail
one of the routes to western lands
Californios
Mexicans living in California
Jim Bridger & Kit Carson
worked as guides after trapping days over
joint occupation
allowed people from U.S. & Great Britain to settle in Oregon
Texas president
Sam Houston
last nation to challenge control of Oregon
Great Britain
Texas independence date
March 2, 1836
forty-niners (who & why)
people who came to CA looking for gold; came from all walks of life; called forty-niners because came to CA in 1849
Mormons in NY
forced out of NY by disapproving neighbors (polygamy); sought safe place to settle; went to IL then on to UT
Gold Rush & population
population increased rapidly (boomtowns); very diverse b/c people came to CA from all over the world
why Texas annexation=NO
TX had slavery & would upset balance in Senate between slave & free states
ESSAY: What was the result of Mexico’s offering land to new settlers in the 1820s?
- welcomed Americans b/c increased settlement; offered cheap land
- Americans soon outnumbered Tejanos (Mexicans living in TX)
- Americans refused to follow Mexico’s rules (learn Spanish & become Catholic)
- Americans brought slaves to TX which Mexico disliked
- Mexico fed up & issued decree in 1830 closing border to further immigration
