Chapter 13 Vocab
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21 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 manual | done by using one's hands |
| distinct | clear or definite; different in its quality |
| isolated | set apart; separated |
| hostile | unfriendly; intending to do harm |
| levy | to force to be paid |
| provoke | to cause anger; to excite; to cause an action |
| efficient | done in a way that increases production with the least amount of waste |
| prospect | promise; something looked forward to |
| frontier | the land that forms the farthest extent of a nation's settled regions |
| land grants | government gifts of land |
| rancheros | owners of ranches |
| expansion | extending the nation beyond its existing borders |
| mountain men | fur trappers of the Northwest |
| rendezvous | a meeting where the trappers would trade furs for supplies |
| dictatorship | one-person rule |
| siege | an attack in which one force surrounds a city or fort |
| polygamy | the practice of having more than one wife at a time |
| "forty-niners" | was given to these people who came to California in search of gold |
| Water rights | the legal rights to use the water in the river, stream, or other body |
| vigilantes | self-appointed law enforces |
| cede | give up |
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