USI Review
Across
- 3. out the laws
- 6. / Responsible for killing an estimated 80-90% of the Native American population
- 11. / A common practice in all 13 colonies
- 15. of government with collaboration from multiple states governments
- 17. Coast / access to rivers and harbors led to early settlers to create their colonies here
- 18. Massacre / when British soldiers fired into a crowd and killed 5 colonists on March 5, 1770
- 19. Branch Petition / Colonists last attempt to prevent war with Britain
- 21. state government & weak federal government
- 23. Passage / Journey from Africa to the Americas that brought millions of African slaves to America
- 25. / A group of English people that established a colony in New England that were seeking religious freedom
- 27. the laws
Down
- 1. Exploration / The need for new trade routes to get access to goods and spices led to this
- 2. Confederacy / organization created by tribes in the Eastern Woodlands to promote peace
- 4. ship / cramped, dirty, and brutal conditions
- 5. the laws
- 7. / This European country had smaller colonial populations and settlements in North America
- 8. the powers of the three branches
- 9. review/ability for Supreme Court to determine whether a law is unconstitutional
- 10. Exchange / The exchange of food, animals, people, ideas, and disease
- 12. Compact / a document created by the Pilgrims in 1620 that promoted the idea of self-government
- 13. of Rights/Amendments that protect the rights of individual citizens.
- 14. and Indian War / Caused large debt for Britain and a need to raise revenue
- 16. / Cash crop that was important to the success of the North American colonies, especially Jamestown
- 20. Colonies / New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, & Delaware
- 22. Sense / a pamphlet written by Thomas Paine that encouraged colonists to declare independence
- 24. Rights / Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness
- 26. / battle of the American Revolution that convinced France to support the Americans