1st Semester S.S.

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Across
  1. 3. The people left England to find freedom of_____
  2. 5. This territory used to be its own republic before joining the United States
  3. 7. Name of the king for Great Britain at the time of our war for independence
  4. 8. Number of regions in the United States
  5. 12. We bought the Louisiana Purchase from this country
  6. 14. People went to California in search of this
  7. 16. Country we live in
  8. 17. Thomas Jefferson wrote the Declaration of _____________
  9. 19. Number of original colonies in our country
  10. 20. We got this territory from Spain
Down
  1. 1. We fought Great Britain for our freedom in the ____________ War
  2. 2. British soldiers shot and killed five people in the _________ Massacre
  3. 4. Three rights all people have according to the Declaration are life, liberty, and the pursuit of _______
  4. 6. Continent we live on
  5. 9. City we live in
  6. 10. State we live in
  7. 11. Trail that people followed to get across the country
  8. 13. The belief that god wanted us to go west was called __________ Destiny
  9. 14. County we live in
  10. 15. Country the original colonists left
  11. 18. People forced out of their homes during westward expansion