First Semester Crossword Puzzle

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Across
  1. 1. This Founding Father commanded the Continental Army.
  2. 6. This Native American princess saved the lives of starving English settlers.
  3. 7. This city was the site of a massacre and a tea party.
  4. 9. European explorers were looking for a water route to this location.
  5. 10. This Founding Father wrote the Declaration of Independence.
  6. 13. France colonized this portion of the North American continent, before being forced to hand it over to England.
  7. 14. This country aided America in the Revolutionary War.
Down
  1. 2. A cruel and unjust ruler.
  2. 3. This European country colonized South America, Florida, and much of what is now the American Southwest.
  3. 4. America began as this number of English colonies.
  4. 5. The first permanent English colony, thanks to its tobacco fields.
  5. 8. This Massachusetts village was the site of infamous witch hunts.
  6. 11. The system of government has state and federal governments sharing power.
  7. 12. America's greatest hero.