8th Grade History Review

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Across
  1. 2. An agreement signed by the settlers of Plymouth on how to run their colony and government
  2. 4. a system in which a mother country uses colonies to gather resources to be made and sold
  3. 8. For nearly 300 years this system was in place in which slaves were shipped to the new world from africa, raw materials were shipped from the colonies to england, and england would manufacture and sell items from these materials
  4. 9. this country controlled modern day florida and much of the land in south america
  5. 10. in order to start a colony in the new world you would first have to obtain one of these
  6. 11. this set of colonies included deleware, new jersey, and new york
  7. 12. Women in New England were falsely accused of witchcraft during this
  8. 13. Married John Rolfe and briefly brought peace to Jamestown
  9. 15. the new england colonies had lots of this resource which led them to producing many ships
  10. 16. the representative government of jamestown
  11. 18. Due to this being very poor in quality, the settlers in plymouth initially struggled to grow crops
  12. 19. this country was originally in charge of the 13 colonies
  13. 21. this event followed the first successful harvest by the puritans in plymouth
  14. 22. giant farms in the southern colonies which grew tobacco and cotton
  15. 24. the main goal of the puritans in coming to the new world
  16. 27. At first both Jamestown and Plymouth settlers struggled with this during winter
  17. 28. this set of colonies included georgia, north carolina, and south carolina
Down
  1. 1. man who helped turn around Jamestown with the rule "No work, No food"
  2. 3. the gruesome and cruel trip across the atlantic by captured slaves
  3. 5. this country had a strong trade relationship with the native americans who traded them fur
  4. 6. The cash crop that changed the fate of jamestown
  5. 7. Gaining control of this area was the goal of both England and France during the French and Indian War
  6. 13. The rule that settlers were not allowed to go west of the appalachian mountains
  7. 14. Colonists were forced to pay these to help England pay bills from the war
  8. 17. Jamestown dealt with malaria and mosquitos because it was built here
  9. 20. this set of colonies included massachusetts, rhode island, and connecticut
  10. 23. the first settlement of the new world
  11. 25. instead of farming or working the early settlers in jamestown searched for this
  12. 26. England had a lot of this after fighting a global war against France