Nickel and Dime

Alexandra Toney

April 18, 2016

9B Vocabulary

6th Period

1.Definition- Washington-on-the-Brazos is a town that was founded by Stephen Austin.

   Relevancy- This town persuaded some 1,500 American families to immigrate.

2.Definition- Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna was the president of Mexico.

   Relevancy- Santa Anna was being persuaded to agree to several demands, including lifting the hated immigrant ban.

3.Definition- Sam Houston was a former governor and proven military leader.

   Relevancy- If it wasn’t for Houston’s military experience, the Texans would have little to no success.

4.Definition- The Alamo is where Santa Anna’s forces found over 180 rebels holed up in an abandoned Spanish Catholic mission.

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5.Definition- William B. Travis was the commander of the Alamo. The small force sought to delay Santa Anna and give Houston’s army more time to prepare.

   Relevancy- Within the mission, Travis dispatched a courier through Mexican lines with a plea to fellow Texans and U.S citizens for help.

6.Definition- Annexation is incorporating a territory within the domain of a country.

   Relevancy- Texas voted in favor of annexation to the U.S. but Jackson did not want tensions to increase between the North and South or risk a costly war with Mexico.

7.Definition- John Tyler hoped to bring Texas into the union.

   Relevancy- Texas had already possessed a significant population of Southerners who had taken enslaved African Americans into Texas, it was certain to support the cause of slavery.

8.Definition- James K. Polk was a former Congressman and governor of Tennessee.

   Relevancy- Polk promised to annex not only Texas but also the contested Oregon territory in the Northwest. The ambitious platform appealed to Northerners and Southerners because it expanded the country while promising to maintain the delicate balance between free and slave states.

9.Definition- “Fifty-four Forty or Fight” is what Polk’s supporters said because they wanted all of Oregon to the line of 54° 40’ north latitude.

   Relevancy- This was said because Britain had claimed Oregon as theirs. Privately, Polk agreed to split the territory but Great Britain and the U.S. decided that the United States would take all of Oregon south of 49° north latitudes, except for Vancouver Island.

10.Definition- An envoy is a person delegated to represent one country to another.

   Relevancy- John Sidell was a special envoy to Mexico City to try to purchase the territory.