Chapters 6-8 Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 1. small, one -room huts made of sticks and mud
  2. 5. region marking the farthest edge of settlement by a country or group of people
  3. 9. military blockade of a city or fort
  4. 10. to officially give, as a territory from one country to another
  5. 11. zone of protections between two countries or territories
  6. 12. mostly white, non-hispanic settlers who moved to Texas from the U.S. during the Mexican period
  7. 14. business people who promoted migration to the Texas colonies
  8. 15. devices that separate cotton fibers from seeds
  9. 16. Agreement in 1803 in which the United States purchased Louisiana from France for $15 Million
  10. 18. ranches
  11. 19. individuals who represent countries in foreign affairs
  12. 20. citizen army
Down
  1. 2. governing council of a Spanish settlement in Texas
  2. 3. to move from religious to civil control
  3. 4. Spanish name for cowboy
  4. 5. military adventurers who came to Texas from the U.S. in the early 1800s
  5. 6. religious communities established by Spanish Catholics
  6. 7. military bases in Spanish colonial America
  7. 8. Texas settlers of Spanish or Mexican descent
  8. 13. revolution
  9. 17. Spanish official who had judicial and law enforcement powers in a Spanish settlement in Texas
  10. 18. government in which authority comes from the people and power is exercised by elected officials according to set laws