The english colonies

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Across
  1. 2. to make something sure or certain
  2. 5. to grant permission for something
  3. 8. a formal document issued by the king that outlined a colony’s geographic boundaries and specified how it would be governed
  4. 10. ruled by the people. In a democracy, citizens elect representatives to make and carry out laws.
  5. 11. the lawmaking body of England, consisting of representatives from throughout the kingdom
  6. 13. Awakening a revival of religious feeling and belief in the American colonies that began in the 1730s
  7. 15. separated or set apart from other people or things
  8. 16. owner
  9. 17. an economic policy in which nations tried to gain wealth by controlling trade and establishing colonies
  10. 19. to make something as it was before
  11. 20. the business of capturing, transporting, and selling people to force them into enslavement
Down
  1. 1. to fight against a government or another authority
  2. 3. a written agreement signed by two or more parties, which binds those parties to do what is stated in the agreement
  3. 4. the way a society organizes the manufacture and exchange of things of value, such as money, food, products, and services.
  4. 6. Carta an agreement made in 1215 listing the rights granted by King John to all free men of the kingdom
  5. 7. Compact an agreement that Pilgrims wrote and signed describing how they would govern themselves in the Americas
  6. 9. powers or privileges that belong to people as citizens and that cannot or should not be taken away by the government
  7. 12. time spent not working
  8. 14. Bill of Rights an act passed by Parliament in 1689 that limited the monarch’s power by giving certain powers to Parliament and listing specific rights of the citizens
  9. 16. wealthy
  10. 18. a crop, such as tobacco, sugar, and cotton, raised in large quantities and sold for profit