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What was one Mexican law that Mexico expected the Texan settlers to obey?
convert to Roman Catholicism
What were empresarios and what were they expected to do?
Empresarios were men that were given large grants of Texas land in exchange for a promise to fill land with a set number of settlers
What did the U.S. give up in the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo?
U.S. paid $15 million to Mexico and paid Mexican debts owed to U.S. citizens
What was the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo?
The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalo included Mexico ceding 500,000 square miles of territory to the U.S.
Who was the commander during the Texas War for Independence?
Sam Houston
Who was the first president of the Republic of Texas?
Sam Houston
After winning independence from Mexico, most Texans wanted what for the Republic of Texas?
Most Texans voted for annexation to the U.S.
What did President Polk promise to annex and buy?
annex: Texas and Oregon, buy: California
What does ceded mean?
Ceded means to give up territory
What does annexation mean?
Annexation means to incorporate a territory within the domain of a country.
What president was known as an "expansionist" who wanted to expand the borders of the U.S.?
James M. Polk
What migration to the west did not involve agricultural hopes and dreams?
California Gold Rush
People who were traveling west were called or labeled what term?
overlanders
How were settlers treated by Native Americans on their journey west?
Native Americans often helped them by giving food and answering their questions.
What was the name of the major trade route that connected New Mexico with Independence, Missouri?
Santa Fe Trail
What was the name of the east-west route created by mountain men?
Oregon Trail