The Thirteen Original Colonies

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Across
  1. 2. Its rich soil helped their economy.
  2. 3. First colony to enact the constitution
  3. 4. This colony relied on the Chesapeake Bay
  4. 5. Most of the founders were fishermen.
  5. 7. The lost colony of Roanoke is in ______
  6. 10. This colony became wealthy quickly by exports of cotton, rice, indigo dye, and tobacco
  7. 12. First to declare independence
Down
  1. 1. This colony was created to pay a debt
  2. 4. This colony was named after an Indian tribe
  3. 6. First English settlement
  4. 8. southernmost colony
  5. 9. Was originally settled by the Sweedish
  6. 11. This colony used to be called New Amsterdam