U.S. History from Colonization/Exploration to Industrial Revolution

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Across
  1. 4. A major war for independence fought from 1775–1783
  2. 9. Who wrote Common Sense, encouraging independence from Britain?
  3. 10. What was the first written government in the colonies, created by the Pilgrims? __________________Compact
  4. 11. What colonial region grew the most wheat and grains?
  5. 13. Route used to reach Asia before Columbus
  6. 14. What ocean did Columbus cross?
  7. 15. A new energy-powered invention during the Industrial Revolution
  8. 16. What act placed taxes on items such as glass, tea, paper, and lead? ___________________________Acts
  9. 21. What event in 1770 led to the death of five colonists and increased tensions with Britain?
  10. 22. Leader of the famous protest involving tea in Boston
  11. 24. What economic policy said colonies existed to benefit the mother country?
  12. 25. What crop saved Jamestown?
Down
  1. 1. Early English colony founded in 1607
  2. 2. Who controlled the colonies before the Revolution?
  3. 3. What was the name of the Pilgrims’ colony?
  4. 5. U.S. policy warning Europe not to interfere in the Western Hemisphere
  5. 6. Eli Whitney’s concept that allowed mass production. ________________________ Parts
  6. 7. Italian explorer who sailed for Spain in 1492
  7. 8. What purchase doubled the size of the United States?
  8. 12. What 1803 purchase doubled the size of the United States?
  9. 17. Movement to end slavery in the U.S.
  10. 18. Who was the first U.S. President?
  11. 19. What exchange of goods, plants, animals, and diseases connected the Old World and New World?
  12. 20. The machine that dramatically increased the demand for slave labor
  13. 23. Major 1765 act that taxed printed materials