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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna | Mexican general and President who led forces during the Alamo and signed the treaty that established the Texas boundary at the Rio Grande. |
| The Alamo | Battle that lasted 13 days in February and March of 1836. It was 187 Texans vs. 5,000 Mexicans (led by Santa Anna). The battle ended on March 6 with the result of 1,500 Mexicans dead and no remaining Texans. |
| Sam Houston | Texas general who led an army of American and Texan volunteers. He was the first and only President of the Republic of Texas. |
| Republic of Texas | This was the name given to the new government set up for ther Texas Territory after the Battle of San Jacinto. |
| John Tyler | 10th President of the United States who assumed office after the death of William Henry Harrison; he favored the annexation of Texas; was eventually kicked out of his own political party. |
| Henry Clay | This man was the Whig presidential candidate in the election of 1844; lost to Polk. |
| Election of 1844 | This election pitted James Polk (D) vs. Henry Clay (Whig) vs. James G. Birney (Liberty); Polk wins 170-105 electorally. |
| James Polk | 11th President of the United States who won the election of 1844 as the Democratic candidate; immediately passed the annexation of Texas. |
| General Zachary Taylor | add |
| Bear Flag Revolt | The American settlers declared their informal independence from Mexico at this protest. |
| John Slidell | This man was sent by the federal government in 1845 to Mexico with a $30 million offer to have the Rio Grande border Texas and Mexico. |
| Colonel Stephen Kearny | This American Army general was a main force in the conquest of California; he later succeeded John C. Fremont as California's Military Governor. |
| General Winfield Scott | This American Army general was the commander of the U.S. southern forces during the Mexican-American War; also known famously for capturing Mexico City. |
| Nicholas Trist | This man was the deliverer of Polk's Terms of Peace; main negotiator of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo. |
| Treaty of Guadeloupe Hidalgo | This agreement officially ended the Mexican-American War; it ceded Northern California and New Mexico in what was known as the Mexican Cession (this included the present-day state of Arizona, as well as portions of present-day Utah, Colorado, and Nevada); Mexico gave up all of its claims to Texas, and it recognized that the Rio Grande was the southern border between Mexico and Texas. |
| California Gold Rush | This was known as an influx of settlers migrating west in order to test their riches at finding gold throughout this state. |
| Johan Sutter | This man was the owner of the land where James Marshall discovered the 1st gold that began the California Gold Rush. |
| James Marshall | This man was the 1st person to disover gold in Calfornia; his discovery led to the California Gold Rush. |
| Franklin Pierce | 14th President of the United States, he was a general during the Mexican-American War who assisted Winfield Scott as well as led a brigade of troops during the capture of Mexico City. |
| Matthew Perry | Commodore that was dispatched by president Franklin Pierce across the Pacific to Japan. The mission ended in 1854 with a commercial treaty that opened Japan to American trade. Perry's feat caused a newspaper in tiny Olympia, WA. |
| Election of 1848 | Zachary Taylor ran for the Whigs and Lewis Cass for the Democrats. Van Buren also ran to steal votes from the Democrats. Taylor won with a 47% majority vote. |
| Emily Morgan | Miloto slave take by Santa Anna to serve as a servant and a sexual partner; looked at as hero of the Texas Revolution; yellow rose of Texas. |
| Oregon Treaty | This agreement set the border up west at the 49th parallel, and furthermore ended the border disputes of Britain and the U.S. as a result of the Convention of 1818. |
| Treaty of Kanagawa | Signed in 1853; opened up trade between the U.S. and Japan. |
| Rio Grande | Southern border of Texas which was established as part of the Treaty of Guadelope. |
| David Wilmot | Congressmen from Pennsylvania; proposed a bill in 1846 (bill stated that all territory received from Mexico would be slave free; bill became known as Wilmot Proviso). |
| James Birney | Presidential candidate for the liberty party in the election of 1844. |
| 49 degrees north latitude | Northern boundery of the U.S. established by the Oregon Treaty. |
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