Texas History People and Things (Winter Benchmark Review)

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Across
  1. 3. First Empresario to get a contract to bring American settlers to Texas.
  2. 7. Indecisive Texas leader who was executed at Goliad.
  3. 10. French explorer who accidently claimed TX for France.
  4. 12. Explored Texas while looking for Cibola.
  5. 13. Established missions among Caddo Indians in East Texas.
  6. 14. Tejano leader at the Alamo who was sent out to get help.
  7. 15. Explored Texas after escaping Indian captivity.
Down
  1. 1. City of Gold that was never found.
  2. 2. Established settlements along the Rio Grande, including Laredo.
  3. 4. Commander of the Texas army who defeated Santa Anna at the Battle of San Jacinto.
  4. 5. Explorer who conquered Aztec in Central America.
  5. 6. Lost his Empresario contract so rebelled and declared Nacogdoches independent and the Republic of Fredonia.
  6. 8. Report saying Americans outnumbered Mexicans in Texas and were not trying to adapt to the Mexican culture.
  7. 9. First battle in the American Revolution over a small cannon.
  8. 11. Most successful Empresario and first to bring American settlers to Texas.