Padlet by Emmanuel Valdovinos https://padlet.com/304553/a5gis2q0my6f Made with charisma en-us 2018-02-12 20:11:31 UTC 2026-01-17 21:50:09 UTC hello@padlet.com Placer miner 304553 https://padlet.com/304553/a5gis2q0my6f/wish/230812285 the mining of stream bed (alluvial) deposits for minerals. This may be done by open-pit (also called open-cast mining) or by various surface excavating equipment or tunnelling equipment.]]> 2018-02-12 20:14:25 UTC https://padlet.com/304553/a5gis2q0my6f/wish/230812285 Prospect 304553 https://padlet.com/304553/a5gis2q0my6f/wish/230812976 the possibility or likelihood of some future event occurring.]]> 2018-02-12 20:15:46 UTC https://padlet.com/304553/a5gis2q0my6f/wish/230812976 Forty-niners 304553 https://padlet.com/304553/a5gis2q0my6f/wish/230813380 The people who left their homes in search of gold were later referred to as the "forty-niners," simply because the year was 1849. Although the exact numbers are unknown, it's believed that around 300,000 people migrated to California during theGold Rush.]]> 2018-02-12 20:16:39 UTC https://padlet.com/304553/a5gis2q0my6f/wish/230813380 Donner party 304553 https://padlet.com/304553/a5gis2q0my6f/wish/230813711 The Donner Party, or Donner-Reed Party, was a group of American pioneers led by George Donner and James F. Reed who set out for California in a wagon train in May 1846. They were delayed by a series of mishaps and mistakes, and spent the winter of 1846–47 snowbound in the Sierra Nevada. Some of the pioneers ...]]> 2018-02-12 20:17:20 UTC https://padlet.com/304553/a5gis2q0my6f/wish/230813711 John Sutter 304553 https://padlet.com/304553/a5gis2q0my6f/wish/230813990 John Augustus Sutter Sr., born Johann August Suter, was a German-born Swiss pioneer of California known for establishing Sutter's Fort in the area that would eventually become Sacramento, California, the state's capital.]]> 2018-02-12 20:17:58 UTC https://padlet.com/304553/a5gis2q0my6f/wish/230813990 Gadsden Purchase 304553 https://padlet.com/304553/a5gis2q0my6f/wish/230814241 The Gadsden Purchase is a 29,670-square-mile region of present-day southern Arizona and southwestern New Mexico that the United States purchased via a treaty signed on December 30, 1853, by James Gadsden, U.S. ambassador to Mexico at that time]]> 2018-02-12 20:18:33 UTC https://padlet.com/304553/a5gis2q0my6f/wish/230814241 Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo 304553 https://padlet.com/304553/a5gis2q0my6f/wish/230814580
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The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo (Tratado de Guadalupe Hidalgo in Spanish), officially titled the Treaty of Peace, Friendship, Limits and Settlement between the United States of America and the Mexican Republic, is the peace treaty signed on February 2, 1848, in the Villa de Guadalupe Hidalgo
]]> 2018-02-12 20:19:19 UTC https://padlet.com/304553/a5gis2q0my6f/wish/230814580 Bear Flag Revolt 304553 https://padlet.com/304553/a5gis2q0my6f/wish/230814828 Bear Flag Revolt. Bear Flag Revolt, (June–July 1846), short-lived independence rebellion precipitated by American settlers in California's Sacramento Valley against Mexican authorities. In 1846 approximately 500 Americans were living in California, compared with between 8,000 and 12,000 Mexicans.]]> 2018-02-12 20:19:51 UTC https://padlet.com/304553/a5gis2q0my6f/wish/230814828 Californios 304553 https://padlet.com/304553/a5gis2q0my6f/wish/230815037 Californio is a Spanish term with widely varying interpretations. American literary scholar James D. Hart, in his 1978 book Companion to California, defined Californios as "persons of Spanish or Mexican heritage whose place of birth or residence was California, as distinct from residents who went to California from the U.S. ...]]> 2018-02-12 20:20:17 UTC https://padlet.com/304553/a5gis2q0my6f/wish/230815037 James K. Polk 304553 https://padlet.com/304553/a5gis2q0my6f/wish/230815335 James Knox Polk was an American politician who served as the 11th President of the United States. He previously was Speaker of the House of Representatives and Governor of Tennessee.]]> 2018-02-12 20:20:56 UTC https://padlet.com/304553/a5gis2q0my6f/wish/230815335 Battle of San Jacinto 304553 https://padlet.com/304553/a5gis2q0my6f/wish/230815590 James Knox Polk was an American politician who served as the 11th President of the United States. He previously was Speaker of the House of Representatives and Governor of Tennessee.]]> 2018-02-12 20:21:31 UTC https://padlet.com/304553/a5gis2q0my6f/wish/230815590 Alamo 304553 https://padlet.com/304553/a5gis2q0my6f/wish/230815862 The Battle of the Alamo was a pivotal event in the Texas Revolution. Following a 13-day siege, Mexican troops under President General Antonio López de Santa Anna launched an assault on the Alamo Mission]]> 2018-02-12 20:22:09 UTC https://padlet.com/304553/a5gis2q0my6f/wish/230815862 Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna 304553 https://padlet.com/304553/a5gis2q0my6f/wish/230816079 Antonio de Padua María Severino López de Santa Anna y Pérez de Lebrón, often known as Santa Anna or López de Santa Anna was a Mexican politician and general who fought to defend royalist New Spain and then for Mexican independence]]> 2018-02-12 20:22:40 UTC https://padlet.com/304553/a5gis2q0my6f/wish/230816079 Stephen F. Austin 304553 https://padlet.com/304553/a5gis2q0my6f/wish/230816304 Stephen Fuller Austin was an American empresario. Known as the "Father of Texas", and the founder of Texas, he led the second, and ultimately, the successful colonization of the region by bringing 300]]> 2018-02-12 20:23:12 UTC https://padlet.com/304553/a5gis2q0my6f/wish/230816304 empresarios 304553 https://padlet.com/304553/a5gis2q0my6f/wish/230816571 A business person is a person involved in business – in particular someone undertaking activities for the purpose of generating cash flow, sales, and revenue utilizing a combination of human, financial,]]> 2018-02-12 20:23:41 UTC https://padlet.com/304553/a5gis2q0my6f/wish/230816571