Chapter 7 Vocab- AH

the idea that God had bestowed the entire continent to Americans and wanted them to settle the western lands

Manifest Destiny

someone who settles on public land under gov't regulation with the hope of acquiring title to the land

squatters

laws that protected squatters by guaranteeing them the right to claim land before it was surveyed and the rights to buy up to 160 acres of the gov'ts minimum price of $1.25 per acre

Preemption Act of 1830

made plowing easier when he patented an iron-bladed plow

Jethro Wood

engineered a plow with steel blades

John Deere

patented the mechanical reaper

Cyrus McCormick

the most popular route for settlers to travel East to West

Oregon Trail

a trail that stretched from the Missouri River to California for settlers to travel

California Trail

a trail that stretched from Franklin, Missouri, and ended in Santa Fe, New Mexico for settlers to travel

Santa Fe Trail

someone who travels overland to the west

overlanders

famous painting of the idea of Manifest Destiny that depicts America as a woman leading the country into the west

American Progress

promised eight native American groups that specific territories of the Great Plains would belong to them as long as they allowed settlers to pass through peacefully

Treaty of Fort Laramie

asked his son to take his place and carry out the plan that he made with the Spanish gov't to bring 300 American families to settle in Texas; died before he could carry out the plan

Moses Austin

a person of mixed race, especially one of Indigenous and Spanish or Portuguese descent.

mestizos

Men on horseback who herded cattle on haciendas

vanqueros

granted 50,000 acres in the Sacramento Valley to John Sutter

Juan Bavtista Alvarado

set off from Louisiana for Texas to carry out his late father's plan

Stephen F. Austin

A person of mixed European and Native American ancestry

mestizo

led a rebellion against Mexican authority

Benjamin Edwards

an assembly of persons who meet for a common purpose

conventions

Mexican president who declared himself dictator and fought against Texas

Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna

abandoned Catholic mission where Houston troops hid and eventually fought for their independence

The Alamo

commanded Houston's army at The Alamo

William B Travis

where the Mexican army overwhelmed Texas troops

Goliad

a decisive victory for Texan forces that assured the independence of Texas and ended the war

Battle of San Jacinto

newly independent republic that became apart of the US

Republic of Texas

the incorporation of a territory within the domain of a country

annexation

promised to annex not only Texas but also the contested Oregon Territory; vowed to buy California from Mexico

James K Polk

rallying cry that declared that the US should control all of Oregon below the line of 54 degrees 40' north latitude

Fifty-four Forty or Fight

the US received all of Oregon south of 49 degrees north latitude and west of the Rocky Mountains, except for the southern tip of Vancouver Island

Oregon Treaty

General who ordered troops to invade Mexico; hoped that Mexico would fire the first shot

Zachary Taylor

California became independent from Mexico, but came to an end when American naval forces arrived and took possession of California for the US

Bear Flag Republic

Mexico ceded 50,000 square miles of territory to the US

Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

to give up by treaty

ceded