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- 3. Who was the governor of Spanish Louisiana in 1777?
- 5. A mustanger who may or may not have been a U.S. spy.
- 6. A military blockade of a city or fort.
- 8. Who defeated the Republican Army of the North at the Battle of Medina?
- 15. Who did the Spanish sign a peace treaty with in 1785?
- 16. Western half of the Mississippi River basin purchased for $15 million in 1803 from France by the United States.
- 19. The decisive royalist victory which destroyed the Republican Army of the North.
- 21. What territory did Spain lose after the French and Indian War?
- 23. A founder of the Republican Army of the North whom sought Texas Independence with the assistance of the United States.
- 24. Officials who represent countries in foreign affairs.
- 25. What is the new name of La Bahia?
- 26. Someone who captured wild horses.
- 28. The creole priest who proclaimed the Grito de Dolores.
- 29. Texas settlers of Spanish descent.
- 31. Leader of Mexican rebels who joined forces with Augustin de Iturbide.
- 32. Who set out to explore the Louisiana Territory in 1806?
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- 1. A U.S. Army officer and co-founder of the Republican Army of the North whom sought Texas Independence.
- 2. Where was the capital of Spanish Texas moved to?
- 4. Raised in Louisiana, a force of Mexican and U.S. citizens which sought Texas Independence.
- 7. To the south and west, along the Rio Grande, several thousand people lived near which settlement?
- 9. Led a group which founded Bucareli (North East of modern-day College Station on the Trinity River) and Nacogdoches.
- 10. People who had been born in Spain.
- 11. How many months did the Republican Army of the North withstand the Spanish siege at La Bahia?
- 12. Which side of the French and Indian War did Spain join?
- 13. Land that did not belong to either Spain or the United States.
- 14. What was the most successful East Texas town before the revolution?
- 15. Officially give territory.
- 17. One of the best known filibusters in all of Texas.
- 18. The trusted official sent to report on conditions in Spanish America. Issued a report that urged Spain to pull back to the “real” frontier, the borderlands just north of Mexico.
- 20. Loyalist turned rebel, who Joined forces with Guerrero’s rebels to defeat the Spanish in 1821, thus securing Mexican independence.
- 22. Military adventurers
- 27. One room huts made of sticks and mud.
- 30. People of Spanish descent who had been born in Mexico.
