US History Vocab

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Across
  1. 2. a specific ban on trade placed by the government of a country
  2. 3. a type of government where there is one ruler or family
  3. 5. the act of traveling through unknown territories to discover something
  4. 7. a legal document which declared the colonies to be independent from England
  5. 10. first European to reach Central America and start European settlement in the “New World”
  6. 13. the state of being free and outside of government control
  7. 14. representatives, individuals who represent a group of people and their ideas
  8. 15. the rights and abilities people automatically have for existing (being human)
  9. 16. explorers sent from Spain to obtain more colonies for Spain
Down
  1. 1. a piece by Thomas Paine that brought up the idea of the colonies separating from
  2. 4. to revoke or remove a law or legal document
  3. 6. an economic system where countries increase their wealth and power from trading
  4. 8. legal (legislative) group in the United Kingdom
  5. 9. the act of colonies rebelling against their country
  6. 11. first English colony in North America in 1607
  7. 12. immigrants, people who left their country to settle down in another one