Solve these clues to fill the grid.
- A city of south central Texas
- 6 Across
- `Johnny' was applied as a nickname for Confederate soldiers by the Federal soldiers in the American (plural)
- 8 Across
- An army unit that uses big guns
- 9 Across
- People who make and enforce a country's laws
- 12 Across
- Law determining the fundamental political principles of a government
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- The ___ forces of a nation
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- The second largest state
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- A ___ officer of the highest rank
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- An organization of ___ in a foreign land sent to carry on religious work
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- A form of government whose head of state is not a monarch
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- Country south of the USA known for tacos
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- A commissioned military officer in the United States Army or Air Force or Marines who ranks above
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- The successful ending of the American Revolution
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- Armed fighting between countries
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- A drastic and far-reaching change in ways of thinking and behaving
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- A native or inhabitant of ___ (plural)
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