Independence for Texas and California

After the (a)   of Texas the desire to explore and settle more western territories was at the front of the United States interests.

By (a)   , all of northern Mexico was under American control.

Santa Ana signed a treaty giving Texas its (a)   .

In 1853, the United States paid $10 million to (a)   for another piece of land.

Sam Houston was voted (a)   of the Republic of Texas in Sept. 1836.

The first shots of the revolution were fired when fighting broke out at (a)   between Mexican soldiers and Texas settlers and soldiers.

The (a)   of Guadalupe Hidalgo officially ended the Mexican War in 1848.

American (a)   kept moving west throughout the early 1800’s.

Farming was more limited in the West than in the East.

• True

• False

The government of Mexico wanted people to settle in Texas.

• True

• False