Texas and The Alamo
Across
- 4. a formally concluded and ratified agreement between two countries.
- 5. Mexicans who lived in Texas
- 8. Texan politician, soldier, and president of the Texas Republic, who was victorious at the Battle of Jacinto, thus securing Texas' independence from Mexico.
- 10. An impresario who recruited families to relocate to Texas.
- 11. commanded the Texans insides the Alamo mission
- 12. A nickname for Texas after it won independence from Mexico.
- 14. make successful
- 15. the action of supplying or providing something for use
- 16. Spain gave him a land grant in Texas.
- 18. a continuous attack with bombs, shells, or missiles.
- 19. cease resistance to an enemy or opponent and submit to their authority
- 20. Rise in rebellion
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- 1. A church attacked by Santa Annas army, killing all Texan defenders including famous frontiersman, Davy Crockett.
- 2. Final battle for Texas' Independence from Mexico, surprise attack led by Sam Houston.
- 3. a period of temporary economic decline
- 6. a prolonged period of misfortune
- 7. a body of fundamental principles or established precedents according to which a state or other organization is acknowledged to be governed.
- 9. Referred to "Napoleon of the West," ruled Mexico for over two decades.
- 13. Name of agents given large land grants by the Mexican government and recruited new settlers from the U.S.
- 17. a person who comes to live permanently in a foreign country.