Mexican National Era

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