USHC 1 - Colonies to Country

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Across
  1. 3. Large-scale farming system in the South relying on cash crops and enslaved labor
  2. 4. Group that organized protests and resistance against British policies
  3. 7. Local New England gatherings where citizens directly voted on community issues
  4. 8. Idea that the colony should serve as a model Christian society for others to follow
  5. 10. Trade network connecting Europe, Africa, and the Americas involving goods and enslaved people
  6. 11. War between Britain and France (1754–1763) that led to British debt and colonial taxation
  7. 14. Protestants seeking to reform the Church of England who settled in New England for religious reasons
  8. 16. Puritan colony founded in 1630 that became a major center of religion and government in New England
  9. 19. Governor of Massachusetts Bay Colony who promoted Puritan ideals and the “City Upon a Hill”
  10. 21. 1764 tax on sugar and molasses that angered colonists
  11. 26. 1765 meeting where colonies united to protest British taxation
  12. 27. Pamphlet by Thomas Paine that convinced many colonists to support independence
  13. 28. 1786–1787 uprising showing weaknesses of the Articles and leading to the Constitution
  14. 29. First U.S. government with weak central power and strong state authority
Down
  1. 1. Colonies known for diversity, farming, and trade (e.g., Pennsylvania, New York)
  2. 2. 1774 meeting of colonies to respond to British actions and coordinate resistance
  3. 5. Taxes on imported goods that led to colonial boycotts and protest
  4. 6. Economic system where colonies existed to benefit the mother country through trade and resources
  5. 9. Religious group that believed in equality and pacifism and settled in colonies like Pennsylvania
  6. 12. Intellectual movement emphasizing reason and natural rights that influenced American ideas
  7. 13. Conditions like poverty or persecution that drove people to leave their homeland
  8. 14. Opportunities like land and freedom that attracted settlers to the colonies
  9. 15. Proposal by Benjamin Franklin for colonial unity that was rejected but showed early cooperation
  10. 17. Northern colonies focused on trade, fishing, and small farms with strong religious influence
  11. 18. British policy of loosely enforcing laws, allowing colonial self-government to develop
  12. 20. 1773 protest where colonists dumped tea into Boston Harbor in defiance of British taxes
  13. 22. First representative assembly in the colonies (Virginia, 1619), early step toward self-government
  14. 23. Colonies with economies based on agriculture and plantation crops like tobacco and rice
  15. 24. Philosopher who argued people have natural rights to life, liberty, and property
  16. 25. First permanent English settlement (1607) that proved England could successfully colonize North America