Mexico won its independence from ____ in 1821. Mexico's leaders gave its citizens ____ to get them to move to Texas. Mexicans, Americans, and ____ all began settle Texas in greater numbers. ____, Texas is named for a Missouri businessman who convinced the Mexican government to grant land to 300 American families. When the Mexican government got upset that too many Americans were moving to Texas, they raised ____the settlers had to pay. When Texas declared its independence from Mexico in 1836, Sam ____ was named the leader of the Texas army. A famous standoff between the Mexican and Texan armies at the mission known as the ____ ended in defeat for the Texans. Texan forces scored a victory against the Mexican army at the San Jacinto River when they rushed into battle crying, "____ the Alamo!" The Republic of Texas was an independent nation for ____ years before joining the United States in 1845. American "cowboy" culture actually came from Mexican vaqueros; cowboy ____ were originally sombreros!

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