The Waikato War

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Across
  1. 2. Act that enabled the Crown to take land from Māori.
  2. 5. The Waikato was seen as fertile ______ land.
  3. 7. British commander of imperial troops.
  4. 8. Settlement burned by British forces in 1863 to cut off food supplies.
  5. 11. Resource that settlers wanted and Māori lost during the war.
  6. 12. The confiscated land was given to British ______.
  7. 15. First major battle of the Waikato War.
  8. 16. Region where many Waikato Māori fled after defeat.
  9. 17. Many Māori became landless and lived in poverty.
  10. 18. The Waikato War was part of the New Zealand _____.
  11. 19. Māori leader known as the "king maker."
Down
  1. 1. The Crown confiscated over 1 ______ acres of Māori land.
  2. 3. What river did Lieutenant Duncan Cameron Cross marking the beginning of the Waikato Wars
  3. 4. What was the Māori movement for protection formed in 1850
  4. 6. Town where British troops built a military base.
  5. 8. Battle where Māori build a trench system.
  6. 9. British wanted to establish sovereignty for Queen ______.
  7. 10. Site of final major battle in 1864.
  8. 12. British build a supply road called Great _____ road.
  9. 13. Māori King during the Waikato Wars.
  10. 14. Governor of New Zealand who ordered the War.