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Across
  1. 1. / small Texan force barricaded inside a nearby mission
  2. 5. Destiny / the idea (1800s) stating that the country must expand its boundaries to the Pacific
  3. 7. Mexico / ____ (country) and California was wanted by the U.S
  4. 9. / free from outside control
  5. 12. Austin / a person who recruited 300 American families to settle in Texas
  6. 13. Polk / someone who believed in Manifest Destiny and wanted California and New Mexico
  7. 16. / to add a territory to one's own territory
Down
  1. 2. / the country that declared its independence from Spain
  2. 3. / Mexicans who lived in the California
  3. 4. / to give up by treaty
  4. 6. States / the country that went to war with Mexico
  5. 8. / Mexicans who claimed Texas as their home
  6. 10. / a person who arranged for the settlement of land in Texas during the 1800s
  7. 11. / official order
  8. 14. / the U.S had claimed ___ (country) as part of the Louisiana Purchase
  9. 15. Flag republic / independent republic of California