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americans started going west
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expanding west
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John jacob Astor founded a fur-trading poast
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mexico began to change old spanish policies
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smith and his growing number of converts left new york
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Texas declared independence from mexico
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The US had a large number of population
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fur-trading was starting to pick up
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bigham young became leader of the mormon church
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President polk ordered a army to go to disputed regions
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General tylor led his army to the rio grande
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42 miners died in the freezing cold
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two armies clashed at Buena Vista
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californios gave up the fight
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Oregon became a US territory