8th grade Social Studies Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 2. a sum paid to encourage trade
  2. 3. The Highland Scots established the settlement in the town of
  3. 9. a conflict between Great Britain and France when the British sought to expand into territory claimed by the French in North America
  4. 10. belief in the benefits of profitable trading
  5. 11. a long narrow island that protects the mainland from erosion and storms
  6. 13. a person who loves his or her country and is ready to support and defend it.
  7. 14. a hard, dark, opaque rock used to make arrowheads
  8. 15. is also known as corn, grown by the ingenious people
  9. 17. a large swampy area of northeast Florida and southeast Georgia.
  10. 18. a group of settlers came to help defend Georgia from Spanish invaders and to make a new home for themselves
  11. 19. very old or out of date
  12. 20. a framework of woven rods and twigs
  13. 21. act that required the colonists to pay a tax, represented by a stamp, on various forms of papers, documents, etc.
Down
  1. 1. Spanish explorer and conquistador
  2. 4. a series of harsh laws passed by the British parliament
  3. 5. a British enforced boundary of that prohibited settlement by whites on Indian territory
  4. 6. an ordinary person, without rank or title.
  5. 7. a conflict primarily fought between Britain and France over New World territory
  6. 8. the science and art of growing fruits and flowers
  7. 12. A group that built the first water driven gristmall in Georgia
  8. 16. a person who remains loyal to the established ruler or government