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Stephen Austin brings emmigrants into Texas.
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Santa Ana becomes president of Mexico.
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Santa Ana crushes a Texan rebellion by killing all of the survivors.
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Sam Houston is elected president of the Republic of Texas.
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Settlers begin to travel along the Oregon Trail.
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James K. Polk wins the election and becomes president of the United States.
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Texas is annexed by the United States.
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John O' Sullivan coins the phrase "Manifest Destiny" in his newspaper.
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The Mexican American War starts and ends in 1848.
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Banned slavery in any land acquired from Mexico.
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The Donner Party leaves for California. In route they get stuck in a blizzard and must resort to cannibalism. Only 45 people survive out of 90.
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Brigham Young leads hundreds of Mormons into Salt Lake City to avoid further hatred and harassment from American Protestants.
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Mexico and America sign a treaty giving a lot of land to America.
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Hundreds of men "rush" into California to search for gold and fortune.
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Popular sovereignity and slave/free states. Fugutive Slave Act is part of this compromise.
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Settlement between USA and Mexico. USA would pay Mexico money for land in New Mexcio and Arizona.
