13 colonies vocab

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Across
  1. 3. – A very difficult or painful experience
  2. 5. – A person who moves to a new, unfamiliar place to live and build a community
  3. 10. – A person who sailed from England to America in 1620 for religious freedom
  4. 11. – The first permanent English settlement in America, founded in 1607 in Virginia
  5. 12. – A grain grown to make bread and flour
  6. 15. Colonies – The southern group of colonies (like Virginia and Georgia)
  7. 16. – A very large farm that grew cash crops using slave labor
  8. 17. – An official document giving permission to start a colony or business
Down
  1. 1. – A chance to do something good or improve your life
  2. 2. – A written document with the basic laws and rules for governing a country
  3. 4. Colonies – The middle group of colonies (like New York and Pennsylvania)
  4. 6. – Wood that is cut from trees and used for building
  5. 7. – A plant grown in the South and sold to make cigarettes and cigars
  6. 8. Company – A business group in England that paid for the settlement of Jamestown
  7. 9. – A person who worked for free for several years to pay for their voyage to America
  8. 13. England Colonies – The northern group of colonies (like Massachusetts and Connecticut)
  9. 14. Crop – A plant grown to sell for money
  10. 17. – A place ruled by another country far away