Across
- 2. a Spanish explorer who searched for wealth in the Americas
- 4. a journey undertaken by a group of people
- 8. the transfer of plants animals and diseases between the americas and other continents
- 10. person of mixed race spanish/indian and african descent in north america
- 11. texas settlers of spanish descent
- 14. ranch
- 15. a governing council
- 16. a settlement founded to spread Christianity to the people in the area
- 17. Spanish official appointed to rule land claimed by Spain in the New World
- 18. wild offspring of the horses the spanish brought to the americas
Down
- 1. widespread outbreaks of disease
- 3. state-sponsored settlement of people to new territories
- 5. travel undertaken in order to discover new resources
- 6. those of pure blood and spanish descent who lived in the colonies but had been born in spain
- 7. officially give
- 9. one room huts made of sticks and wood used by the tejanos
- 12. member of the council who held the positions of judge and law enforcement
- 13. a military post or guarded settlement in an area under Spanish control
- 14. revolution