US History Extra Credit

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Across
  1. 3. person sent to a foreign country in order to convert others to their religion
  2. 5. trained citizens who serve as soldiers during an emergency
  3. 9. first ten amendments to the Constitution; written list of freedoms guaranteed to citizens by the government
  4. 11. economic policy under which a nation accumulates wealth by exporting more goods than it imports
  5. 13. 1798 laws that allowed the government to imprison or deport aliens, and to prosecute its critics
  6. 17. Gin machine invented in 1793 to separate the cotton fiber from its hard shell
  7. 18. official ban or restriction on trade
  8. 21. legal document giving certain rights to a person or company
  9. 22. colonist who remained loyal to Britain during the Revolution
  10. 23. framework for self-government of the Plymouth Colony signed on the ship the Mayflower in 1620
  11. 26. declaration by the British king ordering all colonists to remain east of the Appalachian Mountains
  12. 28. belief that the government has any power not forbidden by the Constitution
  13. 29. 1765 law passed by Parliament that required colonists to pay taxes on printed materials
  14. 30. British trade laws enacted by Parliament during the mid-1700s that regulated colonial commerce
Down
  1. 1. person who favors native-born inhabitants over immigrants
  2. 2. loyalty and devotion to one’s nation
  3. 4. site in Virginia where Cornwallis’s army surrendered to Washington
  4. 6. American name for the Coercive Acts, which Parliament passed in 1774 to control the colonies
  5. 7. James Madison’s proposal for a bicameral legislature with representation based upon population
  6. 8. 1820 agreement calling for the admission of Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state, and banning slavery in the Louisiana Purchase territory north of the 36°30'N latitude
  7. 10. belief that the government is limited to powers clearly stated in the Constitution
  8. 12. political system in which power is shared between the national government and state governments
  9. 14. shift from manual labor to mechanized work that began in Great Britain during the 1700s and spread to the United States around 1800
  10. 15. individual who agreed to work without wages for a period of time in exchange for transportation to the colonies
  11. 16. system in which each branch of the government has the power to monitor and limit the actions of the other two
  12. 19. English document from 1215 that limited the power of the king and provided basic rights for citizens
  13. 20. William Paterson’s proposal for a unicameral legislature with each state having one vote
  14. 24. English Puritans who sought religious freedom and founded Plymouth Colony in 1620
  15. 25. policy of seizing people or property for military or public service
  16. 27. in colonial Spanish America, king-appointed official who governs a province, colony, or country