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Sofia Ferreira Mr. Frink APUSH December 2nd, 2016 ● ● ● ●

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Manifest and Mexican American War Vocab Santa Fe Trail- The 900 mile trail opened by American merchants for trading purposes following Mexico’s liberalization of the formerly restrictive trading policies in Spain. Oregon Trail-  Overland trail of more than two thousand miles that carried American settlers from the midwest to new settlements in Oregon, Cali, and Utah. Stephen F. Austin- known as the father of Texas, led the second and ultimately successful colonization of the region by bringing 300 families from the United States. Sam Houston-  United States politician and military leader who fought to gain independence for Texas and Mexico and to make it a part of the United States (1793-1863). Lone Star Republic- In September 1836, Texans raised a flag with a single star. The nickname of Texas was called the Lone Star Republic and it was named and independent nation. Sam Houston was elected president of the Lone Star Republic. Donner Party- Pioneer settlers traveling to California in wagon train. Snowbound winter 1846-1847 in Sierra Nevada mountains. Some of the emigrants resorted to cannibalism to survive, eating those who had died of starvation and sickness. 48 of 87 members survived to reach Sacramento .... historians have described the episode as one of the most spectacular tragedies in California history and in the record of western migration. John O’L. Sullivan- Influential Democratic editor who coined the phrase "manifest destiny" and justified the American claims to new territory. "...is by the right of our manifest destiny to overspread and to possess the whole of the continent which Providence has given us for the development of the great experiment of liberty and federative self government entrusted to us." 49ERS-one of the peoples who migrated to California in search of riches after gold was discovered there in 1848...