-
A Mexican priest who led a rebellion of about 80,000 poor Indians and mestizos.They hoped that if Mexico became independent from the Spanish monarchy.
-
-
A 2,000-mile trail stretching through the Great Plains from western Missouri to the Oregon Territory.
-
The sante fe trail was an important trade trail west from Independence, Missouri, to Santa Fe, New Mexico.
-
American colonizer in Texas was put in prisoned for urging Texas statehood after Santa Anna suspended Mexico’s constitution. After he helped Texas win independence from Mexico and later he became secretary of state for the Texas Republic.
-
The final battle of the Texas Revolution which resulted in the defeat of the Mexican army and independence for Texas.Texas finally became its own state.
-
A belief shared by Americans in the 1800s about how the United States should expand across the continent to the Pacific Ocean.
-
A revolt against Mexico by American settlers in California who declared the territory an independent republic
-
This was a treaty that ended the Mexican War and gave the United States much of Mexico's northern territory.
-
Eleventh president of the United States who settled the Oregon boundary with Great Britain and successfully ran the Mexican American War.
-
U.S. purchase of land of the southern parts of present-day Arizona and New Mexico.
