Polk sent John ___ to Mexico to offer $30 million for California and New Mexico in return for Mexico’s acceptance of the Rio Grande as the Texas boundary.
The founder of the Mormon Church was Joseph __ which was located in New York
In 1844 a __ of local residents killed Joseph Smith
In September 1836, Texans elected Sam Houston as their
received permission from the new Mexican government to organize the colony.
Smith said he had received a text from an __l to build a kingdom on earth because God was coming.
__ took over as head of the Mormons
June 1846, a small group of Americans seized the town of Sonoma north of San Francisco and proclaimed the independent Republic of
After a fierce fight, several hundred Texans surrendered. On Santa Anna’s orders, the Texans were executed ___ massacre
) People from all over the world traveled to the region in search of riches. Those who arrived in 1849 were called
This treaty the United States agreed to drop its claim to the Texas region to Spain
The government named Sam __ as commander in chief of the Texas forces
the first American trader to reach Santa Fe, arrived in 1821 with a supply of goods.
won its independence from Spain in 1821
__ accomplished the Polk's first goal. By 1847, the Texas border was secure
Travis’s army had killed hundreds of Mexican soldiers. But more important, they had bought Texans some much-needed __ at the Alamo
__ flourished during the Gold Rush. San Francisco grew from a tiny village to a city of about 20,000 people
American General __ led troops to New Mexico.
The Mexican governor fled, allowing the Americans to capture New Mexico’s capital, Santa Fe, on August 18, 1846, without firing a shot.
Mining towns had no __ or prisons
Smith published “The Book of