 | Term | Definition |
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joint occupation |
the possession and settling of an area by two or more countries |
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mountain men |
a frontiersman living in the wilderness, as in the Rocky Mountains |
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rendevous |
meeting (French word) |
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emigrant |
a person who leaves a country or region to live elsewhere |
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Manifest Destiny |
idea popular in the United States during the 1800s that the country must expand its boundaries to the Pacific |
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Tejano |
a Mexican who claims Texas as his home |
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empresario |
person who arranged for the settlement of land in Texas during the 1800s |
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decree |
order given by one in authority |
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annex |
to add a territory to one's own territory |
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rancho |
huge properties for raising livestock set up by Mexican settlers in California |
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ranchero |
Mexican ranch owner |
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Californios |
Mexicans who lived in California |
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cede |
to give up by treaty |
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forty-niners |
people who went to California during the gold rush of 1849 |
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boomtown |
a community experiencing a sudden growth in business or population |
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vigilante |
people who take the law into their own hands |
