Across
- 2. document added to the Constitution to protect rights for the people
- 4. the introductory part of the Constitution
- 10. explorers from ___________ sailed west and discovered North and South America
- 11. a person in colonial America who was on the side of Independence from England
- 13. he was called the father of the Constitution
- 14. he wrote the Declaration of Independence
- 15. a street fight between colonists and British soldiers that became deadly
- 16. a general and the first President
Down
- 1. how many colonies before independence from England
- 3. Explorers from this country settled in and named Florida
- 5. a person in colonial America who wanted to stay under English rule
- 6. war fought to gain American independence
- 7. many settlers came seeking __________freedom
- 8. crop brought to the colonies which saved the economy
- 9. Abraham Lincoln and the 13th amendment did this to slavery
- 12. the first successful colony