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Jedidiah Smith led a group through the Rocky Mountains, when a grizzly beat attacked him. It destroyed most of his face, and part of his ear was gone.
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Stephen F. Austin attracted 300+ settlers to Texas. These are known as the "Old Three Hundred" the first 300 settlers in Texas.
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Mexico decides to outlaw slavery, so they could continue to grow cotton. This would keep there economic status from dropping.
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Joseph Smith founded this church in upstate New York. The Mormans also moved westward, not in search of wealth, but for religious purposes.
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Jedidiah smith dies in 1831. He died while leading a wagon trail across the Santa Fe Trail
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Santa Anna and his troops surrounded San Antonio. This began the Mexican's seige of the Alamo.
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Texas becomes independant. They raise a flag to represent this act. "Lone Star Republic"
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The Oregon Trail caused nearly 1,000 people to move from Missouri to Oregon, thus representing "manifest destiny".
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John O'Sullivan, a newspaper editor gave the name Manifest Destiney to the belief that the United States should expand coast to coast. Many Americans also believed this to be true.
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Polk has some troubles with Mexico over Texas. The United States owned Texas, but Mexico still claimed it, Mexico saw this as an act of war.
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Mexican soldiers crossed the Rio Grande and killed Americans. Mexico could no longer cross American lines and kill American people. This caused war with Mexico.
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Taylor's 4,800 soldiers meet up with Santa Anna's 15,000. After two days, we defeat Mexico, the war was over.
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Mormons take the Oregon trail to Utah. Then they create a settlement knows as Salt Lake City.
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The Treaty Of Guadalupe Hidalgo sealed the deal that the war was over. Mexicans felt that Americans had provoked the war.
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The California gold rush happened in 1849. The people who went digging for gold were called 49'ers because it happened in "1849".
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In 1852, the gold rush had reached it's peak. Around 250,000 people came to California. This changed their economy FOREVER.
