U.S. History Crossword
Across
- 3. a safe place for Catholics to live peacefully
- 5. economy driven by profit and competetion
- 6. first successful English settlement
- 9. break up letter; colonists declare themselves an independent nation
- 13. rights you are born with; life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness
- 16. tax on imported goods
- 17. described how territories could become states
- 18. a person that wants to end slavery
- 20. Union's military plan during the Civil War
- 23. tried to start a slave rebellion, no one showed up, was executed
- 24. a large farm; common in the south in 1700-1800s
- 25. outlines our government powers
- 26. first president of the U.S.
- 27. loyalty to one's section rather than the whole nation
- 28. forced relocation of Native Americans; many died
- 29. belief it is our God given right to expand from coast to coast
- 31. protest over federal whiskey tax
- 33. first and only president of the U.S.
Down
- 1. escaped slavery; returned to the south to help others escape
- 2. group that supported the ratification of the Constitution
- 4. group of landscape artists
- 7. man made rivers, used to transport goods
- 8. this was discovered in California, many moved in 1849 to find this
- 10. doubled the size of the U.S.
- 11. gin invented by Eli Whitney; removes seeds from cotton
- 12. required colonists to house British soldiers
- 14. when colonist dressed up as natives and dumped tea into the Boston Harbor as a form of protest
- 15. territory gained after the Mexican-American War
- 19. when people move from rural communities to rural communities
- 21. first state to secede from the U.S.
- 22. requires Morse Code to send messages
- 30. when citizens from the same country fight against each other
- 32. of rights first 10 amendments to the Constitution