Independence for Texas and California

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

By ________________________, all of northern Mexico was under American control.

Santa Ana signed a treaty giving Texas its _________________________________.

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

Sam Houston was voted _______________________ of the Republic of Texas in Sept. 1836.

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

The _____________________ of Guadalupe Hidalgo officially ended the Mexican War in 1848.

American ___________________________ 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