American History

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Across
  1. 2. document added to the Constitution to protect rights for the people
  2. 4. the introductory part of the Constitution
  3. 10. explorers from ___________ sailed west and discovered North and South America
  4. 11. a person in colonial America who was on the side of Independence from England
  5. 13. he was called the father of the Constitution
  6. 14. he wrote the Declaration of Independence
  7. 15. a street fight between colonists and British soldiers that became deadly
  8. 16. a general and the first President
Down
  1. 1. how many colonies before independence from England
  2. 3. Explorers from this country settled in and named Florida
  3. 5. a person in colonial America who wanted to stay under English rule
  4. 6. war fought to gain American independence
  5. 7. many settlers came seeking __________freedom
  6. 8. crop brought to the colonies which saved the economy
  7. 9. Abraham Lincoln and the 13th amendment did this to slavery
  8. 12. the first successful colony