Across
- 3. settlers of Spanish or Mexican descent
- 5. granted US land needed to complete transcontinental railroad (2)
- 6. residents of Spanish or Mexican descent
- 9. became President in 1844 (2)
- 11. inherited land grant, established Texas's first legal settlement (2)
- 12. diplomat sent to Mexico City to secure an area of land in Texas (2)
- 17. mining camps that grew into crowded towns overnight
- 18. led American troops in Mexican-American War (2)
- 19. rebellion when American settlers declare independence from Mexico
- 20. people heading west to strike it rich (438)
Down
- 1. captured by Scott after a 3-week siege in Mexican-American War (433)
- 2. US would stretch from Atlantic Ocean to Pacific Ocean (2 words)
- 4. set Rio Grande as border b/w Texas & Mexico (4)
- 7. to add a state
- 8. goldseekers who moved to California in 1849 (2)
- 10. temporary markets/meeting place
- 13. mission building, attacked by Mexican Army
- 14. president of Mexico, rejected Texans statehood (2)
- 15. Texan commander, won Battle of San Jacinto (2)
- 16. connected borders of US