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What country claimed the territory in the 1500s?

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Spain

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Why did the spanish eventually decide to settle in texas?

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In late 1600s decided to settle texas to protext the territory from French settlement

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What did the Spanish build throughout Texas?

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Christian missions

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What was the goal of the Spanish in building these?

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To educate and “civilize” the native americans in Texas

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5
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Why did the Mission System fail?

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Native americans disliked the spanish and refused to inhabit the towns, even attacking them

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In 1800 how many settlements did spain have in texas?

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3 settlements

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Who made the deal with spain to colonize texas?

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Moses austin

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What happened to him? Who had to take over?

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Died - his son Stephen took over

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How long did it take him to build a successful colony?

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Four years- austin had over 300 families living in his colony

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10
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What happened to mexico in 1821?

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Gained independence from from Spain

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What did mexico want to do with texas?

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Increase settlement win texas

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12
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Who are empresarios?

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People like stephen austin who recruited settlers in return for free land

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What was the population of texas in 1830? How many colonies were there?

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30,000 settlers living in 12 established colonies

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Who are the tejanos?

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Native texans who are of mexican heritage

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What are the five mexican laws the settlers of texas had to follow?

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  1. Swear allegiance to Mexico
  2. Give up US citizenship
  3. Adopt Roman Catholicism as their religion.
  4. Stay on their land for 7 years
  5. No slavery
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16
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Why did many settlers not follow the Mexican laws?

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Most new settlers were American and continued to live by american rules

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17
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What does mexico force settlers to obey their laws?

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Mexico bans american immigration to texas in 1830

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18
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Why did mexico feel the US wanted to acquire texas?

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It originally had been part of the Louisiana purchase until the US dropped its claim on the land
-americans then made offer for $1 million but were rejected by mexicans

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Why did texas want to become independent from mexico?

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Settlers unhappy with mexican laws

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Who was the mexican president? How did he respond?

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Sanga anna- determined to keep control of texas…Bloody revolts and protests took place and war broke out between mexico and texas.

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21
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What is the name of the meeting the texans have to draw up the new government?

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The constultation

22
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Who do they choose as their leader? Who is he?

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Sam houston (senator of tennessee) - “the george washington of texas” - asked him to raise an army

23
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What was the alamo originally? What was it turned into?

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Old abandoned mission- it was turned into a fortresss with 21 cannons

24
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How many troops does santa anna bring to the alamo? How many texans are there?

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6000 troops, 250 Texan soldiers

25
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Who is in charge of the Alamo? Who is there to assist him?

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William travis and davy crockett

26
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How long was the battle at the alamo? What resulted?

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12 days- the texans were badly outnumbered and the alamo was stormes by the mexicans - travis and crockett were killed

27
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Why was the battle of the alamo important?

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While defenders of the alamo were holding ofd mexican army, sam Houston assembled a larger army at san jacinto

28
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What is the goliad? What happened there?

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A mexican prison that held texans accused of crimes against mexican government-santa anna’s men massacred the 340 prisoners

29
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What does sam houston have planned for the mexican army at san jaconto?

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Preparing for an all-out attack in san jacinto

30
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What are the results at san jacinto?

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Texans surround mexicans and force them to surrender…over 800 of 1200 mexicans killed/wounded while only 9 of 900 texans are killed

31
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What happens to santa anna?

A

Flees from san jacinto

32
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What is santa anna forced to do?

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forced to sign the treaty of velasco

33
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What are the terms of the treaty of velasco?

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Mexico forced to withdraw its troops and recognize the independence of texas “dont mess with Texas”

34
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Who coined the phrase “manifest destiny”?

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Newspaper editor- John O’ sullivan in 1845

35
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What does manifest destiny mean?

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The 19th century belief that the US would inevitably expand westward to the pacific ocean and into mexican territory

36
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What are 3 reasons americans moved west?

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  1. Persobal economic problems(panic of 1837)
  2. Abundance of land in west for people who wanted a fresh start
  3. Land owning (farming or speculation) was an important step towards prosperity
37
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Who was most likely to move west?

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Farmers, miners (seeking gold/other metals), and merchants (seeking new markets)

38
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What was the original purpose of the Oregon Trail?

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Originally traveled by christian missionaries

39
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Where did the Oregon trail start and end?

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Started in independence, missouri

Ended in portland, oregon (the willametle Valley)

40
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Who had followed a similar route to the oregon trail?

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Lewis and clark

41
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What were some of the hazards of the oregon trail?

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Took many months, people traveled in covered consetoga wagons, many walked and pushed heavy handcarts, people died from fever, cholera, etc…, attacked by NAs, suffered from loneliness and despair

42
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What does the painting suggest about the oregon trail?

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Beautiful, eveyone is happy and healthy

43
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What happened to the donner party?

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45 out of 82 members survived to get to CA…had to resort to cannibalism got stuck in winter in the mountains

44
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Why did mormons migrate west?

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Angry neighbors protested mormon belief of polygamy: the mormons’ practice of having more than one wife

45
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What happened to their leader?

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Joseph smith- he was arrested and charged for treason when he broke the printing press of his neighbors who printed stories about their practices- later killed by Mormon mob

46
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Who takes over for the mormons?

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Brigham Young

47
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Where does Brigham Young lead the mormons?

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Great salt lake in present-day utah

Mormons settle there

48
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What caused the Aroostook War?

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Only war declared by a state

The expulation of canadian lumberjacks in the disputed area of aroostook maine by maine officials

49
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What resulted from the webster ashbyrtin treaty?

A

The issue was resolved- maine boundary was made

50
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Who was texas originally settled by?

A

Native Americans

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