Texas Revolution

123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233
Across
  1. 1. general and president of Mexico who attached the Alamo
  2. 2. survivor ordered by General Santa Anna to tell about the Alamo
  3. 4. achieved its independence from Spain in 1821
  4. 5. the type of battle fought at the Alamo
  5. 11. famous frontiersman who died defending the Alamo
  6. 12. revolution that took place in 1836
  7. 15. Texans were required by Mexico to practice this faith in order to settle
  8. 17. asked by Texas to be added to the United States in 1836
  9. 19. along with the Comanche they fought against Spain’s settlement of Texas
  10. 20. person of Spanish heritage who considers Texas their home
  11. 21. in 1829, Texans were forced by Mexico to pay these for the first time
  12. 22. General Santa Anna attempted to capture this when attacking Gonzales
  13. 25. name for the republic of Texas
  14. 28. original colonizers of Texas
  15. 29. dashed through enemy lines at the Alamo to seek aid and buried the dead
  16. 30. Spanish mission and site of the greatest standoff in American history
  17. 31. headed the 183 volunteers at the Alamo
  18. 32. Spanish land that bordered the United States territory of Louisiana
  19. 33. almost the number of years Texas remained an independent republic
Down
  1. 1. last major battle of the Texas Revolution that resulted in a peace treaty
  2. 3. name of Davy Crockett's gun
  3. 6. granted huge tracts of land by Spain to recruit settlers to Texas
  4. 7. attracted the first Texas settler families between 1821 and 1827
  5. 8. cash crop that attracted settlers to Texas
  6. 9. famous shape of the front of the Alamo added in 1853
  7. 10. scrawled on doors to indicate Texas families went to Texas
  8. 13. restricted by Mexico in 1829 due to overwhelming numbers of Texans
  9. 14. number of days of the defenders of the Alamo held out
  10. 16. adding Texas to the United States
  11. 18. city in Texas where the Alamo is located
  12. 23. what the defenders of the Alamo ran out of
  13. 24. number of survivors at the Alamo
  14. 26. another massacre by Mexican forces of more than 300 Texans
  15. 27. general of the Texas army as well as the first and only president of Texas
  16. 29. Mexico prohibited this of settlers living in Texas