Texas Revolution

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