7-2: Early New York State

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Across
  1. 2. This city was first drawn up by Joseph Ellicott in 1803. It was located on Lake Erie.
  2. 5. After New York bought western New York, many people moved west along the ________.
  3. 7. The war between the U.S. and Britain started in part because of _____. This meant that the British were capturing American sailors and forcing them to serve the British.
  4. 8. The site of the treaty between the Seneca and New York's leaders is now called ________.
  5. 10. In 1812, the U.S. went to war with Britain. The conflict was called the ____ of 1812.
Down
  1. 1. The most famous Seneca chief was ________. He knew that the Seneca would not be able to keep their lands, so he sold them.
  2. 3. Many Native Americans moved to ________, or lands that had been set aside for them.
  3. 4. This city was founded in the early 1800s. It was located on the Genesee River near Lake Ontario.
  4. 6. This was the name of the Seneca village where Iroquois leaders met with New York representatives to sell them their land.
  5. 9. This Iroquois tribe still controlled much of western New York after the Revolutionary War.