Ch. 9, 10 and 11 Vocab REview

cede to give up territory by treaty

Immigrant A person who moves into another country after leaving his or her homeland

– someone who went to an area before it was settled and populated Pioneer – someone who went to an area before it was settled and populated

Forty-niners gold seeking migrants who traveled to California in 1849 during the “Gold Rush”

Prospect to search for gold

a community experiencing a sudden growth in business or population Boomtown a community experiencing a sudden growth in business or population

Spanish colonists and their descendants living in California Californios Spanish colonists and their descendants living in California

To settle on public lands to use as a home homesteading To settle on public lands to use as a home

Annex to add territory or take control of an area of land

a person who leaves a country or region to live elsewhere. (exit!) Emigrant a person who leaves a country or region to live elsewhere. (exit!)

Rancho Mexican ranch owner

Manifest destiny the idea that the United States was intended to extend its boundaries to the Pacific Ocean

Joint occupation The agreement allowing both the U.S. and Britain to settle in the Oregon Territory

Place Miner A person who mines for gold by using pans or other devices to wash gold nuggets out of loose rock and gravel.

Mountain men frontiersmen living in the wilderness of the Rocky Mts / fur trappers and traders

A person “agents” who arranged for the settlement of land in Texas Empresarios A person “agents” who arranged for the settlement of land in Texas

Mexican cowboys in the west who tended cattle and horses. vaqueros Mexican cowboys in the west who tended cattle and horses.

A movement of a large number of people into a new homeland migration A movement of a large number of people into a new homeland

A Mexican who claims Texas as his home. Tejano A Mexican who claims Texas as his home.

frontier the extreme limit of settled land beyond which lies wilderness, especially referring to the western US before Pacific settlement.

Conestoga Wagon A sturdy vehicle topped with white canvas and used by pioneers to move west.