8th Grade Semester Final Review

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Across
  1. 4. Parliament’s reaction to the Boston Tea Party was to pass these (2 words)
  2. 6. that landed on the east coast of present-day Mexico
  3. 9. George Washington’s first command (3 words)
  4. 11. a crop raised in Jamestown
  5. 12. called for a halt to westward expansion
  6. 15. England, France, and the Netherlands hoped to discover this.
  7. 17. resulted from the Maya's study of astronomy
  8. 18. approval from the British king needed to start a colony in America
  9. 19. a colony in which an owner or group of owners named the colony’s governor (2 words)
Down
  1. 1. some colonists did this to avoid taxes
  2. 2. colonists believed fighting with the British would break out here (2 words)
  3. 3. American colonists loyal to Great Britain
  4. 5. Protestants who left the Anglican Church
  5. 6. this explorer report that he discovered some very rich land for farming
  6. 7. Thomas Jefferson drew on this English Philosopher’s ideas when writing the Declaration of Independence. (2 words)
  7. 8. one of Christopher Columbus's ships (2 words)
  8. 10. white male property owners were the only ones allowed to do this
  9. 13. Where Columbus was sent to find
  10. 14. the 1st Native Americans probably reached North America by crossing this. (2 words)
  11. 16. political body that represented Americans and challenged British control. (2 words)