The great big Texas

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Across
  1. 10. the first United States settlers practiced this
  2. 11. _______ provided shelter from the wind and dust
  3. 13. a leader with complete control over the government
  4. 14. a formal meeting held for a special purpose
  5. 15. The _______________ doubled the size of the United States
Down
  1. 1. traveled to Stephen F. Austin's colony from her home in Arkansas
  2. 2. The _______________ stretched from the Mississippi west to the Rocky mountains
  3. 3. people who can speak two languages
  4. 4. farmers would sell_______________
  5. 5. Stephen F Austin's Father
  6. 6. the president that bought a huge area of land from France for the United States for $15 million
  7. 7. a person who is chosen to speak for a group
  8. 8. money people have to pay to a government
  9. 9. one of the pioneers who was continuing a plan begun by his father to bring pioneers from the United States to Texas
  10. 12. to trade things for things without using money
  11. 16. a person who is the first among many people to settle in a new region