Chapter 11 Westward Expansion

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The population of California went down during the Gold rush of 1849

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False

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Owner of the American Fur Company who founded the first important settlement in Oregon Country in 1811.

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John Jacob Astor

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Mormon leader who chose Utah as the group's new home

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Brigham Young

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Priest who led the first major Mexican revolt against Spanish rule in 1810

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Father Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla

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Empresario who established the first American colony in Texas. The state capital is named after him.

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Stephen Austin

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Mexican leader who came to power in 1830 and suspended Mexico's constitution. He won the Battle of the Alamo.

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Santa Anna

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Spanish colonists and their descendants living in California

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Californios

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US President elected in 1844, whose administration annexed both Texas and Oregon

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James K Polk

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John Sutter was the Swiss immigrant who started the first Angelo-Californian colony.

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True

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Fur Traders and trappers who traveled to the Rocky Mountains and the Pacific Northwest in the early 1800s

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Mountain Men