Mexican National Era
Across
- 4. priest from Dolores, Mexico who was a leader in the fight for Mexican independence
- 7. white settlers from the United States
- 9. a law that further opened Texas to settlement and immigration by giving land to new settlers
- 10. this battle was by Gutierrez-Magee lost but encouraged others to revolt against the Spanish rule
- 11. a deal in which France sold Louisiana to the United States for $15 million
- 13. Texas settlers of Spanish descent
- 15. a rebel from Mississippi who fought unsuccessfully for Texas
- 16. a businessman who first got permission from Mexico to bring Anglo settlers to Texas
- 17. agreement signed by Spain and the United States in 1819 which set the boundary between their territories
- 18. a horse trader killed by Spanish soldiers after entering Texas illegally
Down
- 1. Guiterrez and Magee's expedition was known as
- 2. officials who represent countries in foreign affairs
- 3. widow of filibuster James Long who held her own land grant in Austin’s colony
- 5. the original 297 families and single men who received land grants in Stephen Austin’s first colony
- 6. son of Moses Austin, he established a colony of settlers in Texas and was called the Father of Texas
- 8. military adventurers who tried to stir up rebellion in other countries
- 12. the territory between the Sabine River and the Arroyo Hondo declared by the Spanish and the United States to be neutral
- 14. ended the Mexican war for Independence