Unit 1 Crossword Review Sheet

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  1. 3. Punitive laws passed by Britain after the Boston Tea Party that increased colonial resistance.
  2. 6. System allowing each branch of government to limit the power of the other branches.
  3. 8. Principle that divides government authority among legislative, executive, and judicial branches.
  4. 12. First permanent English settlement in North America, founded in Virginia in 1607.
  5. 15. Protest in which colonists dumped British tea into Boston Harbor to oppose taxation and British control.
  6. 17. Political leader often called the “Father of the Constitution” because of his major role in its creation.
  7. 18. Colonists who remained loyal to Britain during the American Revolution.
  8. 20. Rights believed to belong to all people, including life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
  9. 23. Writer whose pamphlet helped convince many colonists that independence from Britain was necessary.
  10. 24. First national government of the United States, which created a weak central government.
  11. 25. Agreement that created a two-house Congress with representation based on population in one chamber and equality in the other.
  12. 26. Virginia statesman who wrote the first draft of the Declaration of Independence.
  13. 27. Continent from which most early voluntary immigrants to the English colonies originated.
  14. 28. Group that supported ratification of the Constitution and favored a stronger national government.
  15. 29. Uprising by Massachusetts farmers that exposed weaknesses in the Articles of Confederation.
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  1. 1. Law requiring colonists to provide housing or accommodations for British troops.
  2. 2. British laws that taxed imported goods such as glass, paper, paint, lead, and tea.
  3. 4. Colonial protest group known for resisting British taxation and organizing actions against British policies.
  4. 5. Essays written to persuade Americans to support ratification of the Constitution.
  5. 7. Massachusetts battles in 1775 that marked the beginning of armed conflict in the American Revolution.
  6. 9. 1770 confrontation in which British soldiers killed five colonists, increasing anti-British anger.
  7. 10. Thomas Paine pamphlet that argued openly for American independence from Britain.
  8. 11. Group that feared a powerful national government and demanded stronger protections for individual rights.
  9. 13. Document that established the structure and powers of the United States federal government.
  10. 14. 1776 document explaining why the colonies were separating from Britain and identifying natural rights.
  11. 16. British law that placed a direct tax on printed materials in the colonies.
  12. 19. English religious group that established settlements in New England seeking to build a society based on their beliefs.
  13. 21. Colonists who supported independence from Britain during the American Revolution.
  14. 22. Constitutional agreement that counted enslaved people as three-fifths of a person for representation and taxation.