The Oregon Country

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Across
  1. 4. something that can be used for benefit, especially land, minerals and water
  2. 6. a Texan of Latin American, often Mexican, descent
  3. 8. a list of laws supporting government
  4. 10. a fast growing community
  5. 11. a canvas-covered wagon used by pioneers in the mid 1800's
  6. 12. the belief that the United States was destined by God to extend its boundaries to the Pacific Ocean
  7. 15. fortune seeker who came to California during the Gold Rush
  8. 17. to set up or create
  9. 19. person who acts as police, judge, and jury without formal legal authority
  10. 20. ranch, especially the large estate set up by Mexicans in the American west
Down
  1. 1. a way into something or someplace
  2. 2. to add a territory to one's own territory
  3. 3. to provide an explanation for
  4. 4. rancher, owner of a rancho
  5. 5. an adventurer of the American west
  6. 7. situation in which people form two countries can occupy an area
  7. 9. to include , absorb
  8. 11. in addition to
  9. 13. official order
  10. 14. to block off
  11. 16. to take away
  12. 18. person who leaves his or her country to live somewhere else