US History Crossword Puzzle
Across
- 4. formal statement written by Thomas Jefferson declaring the freedom of the thirteen American colonies from Great Britain
- 5. a violent person, especially one involved in crime
- 6. loyalty or commitment to a superior or to a group or cause
- 9. statesman and founding father from Virginia, famous for the Lee Resolution
- 10. basic rights that include the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness
- 11. make (a person or area) poor
- 13. a preliminary or preparatory statement; an introduction
- 14. a slowly moving mass or river of ice formed by the accumulation and compaction of snow on mountains or near the poles
- 15. A person who betrays something
Down
- 1. unalienable rights are rights that the government cannot violate under any circumstances
- 2. advocate for the Federal Constitution,administered the presidential oath of office to George Washington
- 3. was a drafter and signer of the Declaration of Independence, longtime member of the Continental Congress
- 7. the action of solving a problem or contentious matter
- 8. remedy or set right
- 12. a place, typically one which has previously been uninhabited, where people establish a community