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Owning California provided a long coast line on the west coast of the continent. If it belonged to someone else, they would be in a good position to push eastward and control the land at least up to the Rocky Mountains. Control provided protection and a built in defense against someone invading from the west. And the resources available in the form of timber, gold, silver and fertile areas were important to a growing nation.

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because they feared they will get killed.

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