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2. Begin; start.
3. A person who farms or works on a ranch
5. is a term used to identify a Californian of Latin American.
7. (of a company or other organization) Formed into a legal corporation.
10. With the addition of.
11. (Ranchos) Spain in Las Californias, and after independence then México in Alta California, encouraged settlement of the territory
12. destiny The 19th-century doctrine or belief that the expansion of the United States throughout the American continents was both justified
13. more countries
14. A member of a self-appointed group of citizens who undertake law enforcement in their community without legal authority
16. An official order issued by a legal authority.
17. someone who leaves their country to settle in another.
19. Take away from the position it occupies.
20. occupation the possession of setting of an area shared by two
21. Initiate or bring about (contact or communication).

1. Give up (power or territory)
2. A body of fundamental principles or established precedents according to which a state or other organization is acknowledged to be governed.
4. a miner who took part in the California gold rush in 1849.
6. means of approaching or entering a place.
8. A place used for a meeting.
9. in the early years of the settlement of Texas, had been granted the right to settle on Mexican land
10. schooner A covered wagon used by the 19th-century pioneers in crossing the North American prairies.
15. Append or add as an extra or subordinate part, esp. to a document.
18. Provide with materials, money, staff, and other assets necessary for effective operation.
22. A Mexican-American inhabitant of southern Texas.
23. a community that experiences sudden and rapid population and economic growth