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1.The belief that the United States were destined to own all parts of the North American continent.
2. Oregon, washington, and idaho, + parts of montana and wyoming.
3. People who spent most of their time in the Rocky Mountains.
4. It was the path traveled by emigrants leaving the United States to Oregon.
5. it was the latitude that the democrats wanted to be the northern border of Oregon.
6. To take california, to settle the Oregon feud, to lower the taxes on imports and exports, and to retire from office after one term.
7.The american settlers and Tejanos declared independence. The United states then made a new constitution for Texas.
8. Alamo: The Santa Anna army had many soldiers and the american army was trapped inside a mission called the Alamo with canons and very little gunpowder. After 12 days of holding off the mexican army, the american soldiers were attacked by canon fire and killed.
San Jacinto: The small army of 900 led by general Houston attacked the Santa Anna army yelling," remember the Alamo!" and "Remember Goliad!" The americans killed more than 600 and captured about 700. The Santa Anna army then signed a treaty.
9. 15 years.
10. Tension and an undefined mexican/texan border. No it was a war for technically at the time a whole other country.
11.They attempted to reconcile
12.Alamo, San Jacinto
13. 125 million dollars
14. It increased the population on the West coast
15. 6) 49 degrees N
      7) because another slave state would upset the balance of slave states
      8) Long coast line, good position defending from the west
      9)Annexation of Texas, Mexico refused to sell territory
     10) There was no other place to get their supplies from
     13) The states almost doubled in size, also made the border the ocean
     14) That it was absurd and greedy
     15) Britain and US came to a compromise, the mexicans were less willing to compromise