Oh, California, Chapter 5
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19 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Pioneers | first settlers to a new frontier. |
| Traders | in the early 1800's, the only people from the United States to visit California were... |
| explorers | People who or search a new frontier or territory to map and provide trails for pioneers. |
| trappers | adventurers who capture and kill animals, such as beavers for their fur |
| Mexicans | People who are native to the country of Mexico, which used to include CaliforniaCalifornios). |
| Californios | People who are native to the California region of Mexicobefore California became part of the US) |
| Sierra Nevada | Moutain range that was the main LAND obstacle between settlers and California. |
| Sutter | The Donner Party was trapped until help was sent by... |
| Find Wealth | Main reason pioneers came to California. |
| Sonoma | The Mexican-American War "rebels" began their fight in this place. |
| Treaty | The document which ends a war and is signed by governments or people who have been fighting. |
| Cahuenga Pass | Place where Mexico surrendered California to the United States. |
| Texas | State where most of the fighting of the Mexican-American war took place. |
| nation | a group of people who live in the same area, have the same leader and speak the same language. |
| Gold Rush | Large flow of miners who traveled to California to find gold |
| Forty Niners | the forty-niners were gold seekers who came in seach of gold in the year 1849. |
| Dangers traveling on land to California | flooded rivers, lack of food and water, Indian attacks, the Sierra Madre mountains, disease |
| Newspaper articles | how the forty niners found out about gold in California. |
| Dangers traveling by sea to Californai | dangerous storms, disease, running out of food and water, no wind to sail the ship, |
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