Chapter 1

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Across
  1. 3. King __'s War, a conflict named after a Native leader that rocked New England.
  2. 4. Phillis ___, the first African American female poet published in America.
  3. 5. The ___ and Indian War, a crucial conflict setting the stage for the American Revolution.
  4. 6. Juan Ponce de ___, first to land in Florida in 1513, claiming it for Spain.
  5. 7. Tribe whose member Squanto could speak English upon the Pilgrims' arrival.
  6. 11. Freedom's ___, the first African American-owned and published newspaper, 1827.
  7. 13. Colony initially designed as a debtors' refuge, founded in 1733.
  8. 15. New York City's first name in 1624, originally a Dutch settlement.
  9. 16. Unconventional item used as currency in colonial Virginia.
  10. 17. St. ___, the first enduring European settlement in the U.S., established in 1565.
  11. 19. Native American tribe that aided the Pilgrims in Plymouth.
  12. 21. John ___, pioneering botanist sending thousands of American plant species to Europe.
  13. 23. The Old Deluder ___ Act of 1647, Massachusetts law mandating public education.
Down
  1. 1. First name Bridget, the first woman tried and executed for witchcraft in Salem, 1692.
  2. 2. Pierre Charles ___, credited with designing Washington D.C.'s original city layout.
  3. 3. Colony founded in 1681 as a peaceful home for Quakers.
  4. 4. Last name of the man who crafted the first American dictionary in 1806.
  5. 8. America's first patented invention in 1636, a water-powered ___.
  6. 9. Leader of the Pueblo Revolt against Spanish rule in 1680.
  7. 10. Early American colony that vanished under mysterious circumstances around 1590.
  8. 12. Native American woman crucial to Lewis and Clark's expedition.
  9. 14. Margaret ___, trailblazing woman demanding voting rights in Maryland, 1647.
  10. 18. Powerful Native American confederation dominating New York state area.
  11. 20. Group expelled from Massachusetts, later establishing Hartford, Connecticut.
  12. 22. European power introducing horses to the Americas, transforming Native cultures.