Crockett joined the US _________________________________ in 1813 and he served under Andrew _________________________________, fighting the Creek _________________________________ in the southeastern US until 1814. After becoming a Colonel in 1818, Crockett went on to serve in the Tennessee legislature from 1821 to 1822 and from 1823 to 1824, and represented Tennessee in the U.S. _________________________________ from 1827 to 1831 and from 1833 to 1835. In 1834, Crockett wrote his _________________________________, "A Narrative of the Life of David Crockett, of the State of _________________________________."

After losing a congressional election in 1836, Crockett decided that his _________________________________ career was over. Crockett soon took his family to _________________________________ near San Antonio, Texas, which had recently delclared its independence from _________________________________. Crockett and almost 200 other Texan volunteers died on March 6, _________________________________ in the Battle of the Alamo, after unsuccessfully defending the _________________________________ for 13 _________________________________ against an army of Mexican _________________________________.