Texas over the years

5. the person who leads or commands a group, organization, or country
8. someone who explores a new place
9. United States politician and military leader who fought to gain independence for Texas from Mexico
10. a large south-western US state
11. country of southern North America
12. was a rebellion of colonists from the United States and Texas Mexicans putting up armed resistance to the centralist government of Mexico
14. a soft white fibrous substance that surrounds the seeds of a tropical and subtropical plant and is used as textile fiber and thread for sewing.
15. Mexican army officer and statesman who was the storm center of Mexico's politics

1. the development of industries in a country or region on a wide scale.
2. was an American-born empresario. Known as the "Father of Texas"
3. separation by race
4. a state of armed conflict between different nations or states
6. a forcible overthrow of a government or social order,in favor of a new system
7. a person who is the legal property of another and is forced to obey them
13. highly valuable resource