Module 12 Review- People

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Across
  1. 2. Commander of the Texas army at the battle of San Jacinto; later elected president of the Republic of Texas
  2. 3. American who settled in Texas, one of the leaders for Texan independence from Mexico
  3. 6. United States frontiersman and Tennessee politician who died at the siege of the Alamo (1786-1836)
  4. 9. Owner of the mill where gold was discovered that helped start the California Gold Rush
  5. 12. Mexican political leader, general, and president who greatly influenced early Mexican and Spanish politics and government, fought first against Mexican independence from Spain
  6. 13. Wrote an editorial that first mentioned the term "Manifest Destiny"
Down
  1. 1. "Old Fuss and Feathers," whose conquest of Mexico City brought U.S. victory in the Mexican War
  2. 4. Immigrant from Germany who produced the first denim pants in San Francisco during the California Gold Rush.
  3. 5. Leader of the Bear Flag Revolt in California; helped overthrow Mexicans in revolt
  4. 7. a Mexican priest, led a rebellion of about 80,000 poor Indians and mestizos, or people of Indian and Spanish ancestry
  5. 8. Army leader at the Battle of the Alamo
  6. 10. American killed while fighting at the Battle of the Alamo during the Texas War for Independence; known for a distinct style of knife
  7. 11. president in March 1845. wanted to settle Oregon boundary dispute with Britain. wanted to acquire California. wanted to incorporate Texas into union.