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Across 3. Proof of ownership of a specific piece of land (2 words) 5. A Spanish official who served as mayor, sheriff, and judge 10. To leave home to settle elsewhere...opposite of immigrate 12. Mutual agreement in which each side gives up something it wants in order to reach a common settlement 13. A military post or fortified settlement in an area under Spanish control 15. A person who comes to a country to settle 17. To surrender by treaty or agreement 18. A Spanish cowboy...a livestock herder or cowhand 19. A land claimed for and controlled by a distant nation 20. A person of Mexican descent living in Texas

Down 1. The act of becoming free 2. The local governing body in a Spanish town 4. An agent who makes all arrangments to bring settlers to a colony 6. A group of territories or peoples under one ruler 7. A formal written request 8. A military force that is not professional 9. An adventurer who engages in a private rebellious activity in a foreign country 11. A nation or state in which people elect representatives to govern them 14. a grant of land made by the government especially for roads, railroads, or agricultural (2 words) 16. A settlement founded to spread Christianity to the people of the area