US History Unit 2 Keywords

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Across
  1. 2. Act declaring that people had to pay to stamp every paper item they bought
  2. 5. A group of acts that the colonists found unfair and decided to protest against
  3. 7. The British surrender at the Battle of Saratoga and France creates an alliance with the Americans
  4. 9. Where General Cornwallis surrendered and major fighting ended
  5. 10. Treaty hat ended the Revolutionary War and granted independence to the American colonies
  6. 12. Protest resulting in the massacre of 5 colonists by British soldiers
  7. 18. A group of rules passed by congress in 1777
  8. 19. A series of taxes and acts imposed on colonists
  9. 21. The army of American colonist soldiers in the Revolutionary War led by George Washington
  10. 23. Case in which the supreme court gained the right to decide wether acts of Congress opposed the Constitution
  11. 24. Committees formed to communicate information throughout the colonies
  12. 25. Act reducing tax on Caribbean imports and increasing the reinforcement of this tax
  13. 26. The first shot fired in the Revolutionary War in Lexington
  14. 30. Rebellion against the state government in Massachusetts caused by economic issues after the Revolutionary War
  15. 31. Policy in which Britain did not enforce the laws and taxes imposed on the colonies
  16. 33. Proposition by the French that to negotiate, the US would have to lend them money
  17. 34. Federalist who created an economic plan to make a successful government and helped create the treasury department and first national bank
  18. 35. People who organized street protests and boycotts
Down
  1. 1. Act declaring that colonists must provide British soldiers with housing
  2. 3. A group of rules created to strengthen the national government
  3. 4. Document declaring the independence of the 13 colonies
  4. 6. Petition sent to King George III suggesting peace between Britain and the colonies
  5. 8. First and second times delegates from 12 or 13 colonies met in Philadelphia to discuss issues with British rule
  6. 11. Act declaring that Britain still had control over the colonies
  7. 13. Protest during which colonists dumped tea into the Boston harbor
  8. 14. Rebellion against a tax imposed on whiskey
  9. 15. First war fought by the US which was against Britain
  10. 16. People who wanted more a stronger national government
  11. 17. Transaction in which Jefferson bought a large area of land west of the original colonies from Napoleon
  12. 20. The first ten amendments made to the Constitution
  13. 22. Colonist who wrote a pamphlet called “Common Sense”
  14. 27. Rules making it illegal to criticize the government
  15. 28. People who wanted stronger state governments
  16. 29. Period after the War of 1812 during which Americans wanted a united nation
  17. 32. Treaty ending the War of 1812 and making no land exchanges