Across
- 3. The French made friends with this powerful Indian nation.
- 6. A man chosen by the king who was put in charge of running things in the colony.
- 7. In the 1750s, Britain had this many colonies along the Atlantic seaboard.
- 8. The French built a huge business trading this.
- 10. The two countries England joined with to become Great Britain.
- 11. How old George Washington was when he was sent to capture Fort Duquesne.
- 12. In 1754, a group of well-off Virginians decided to start a new company called this.
- 13. In order to pay for maintaining troops in America, Parliament did what to the colonies more than they had before.
Down
- 1. The man in charge of 150 British militiamen sent to capture Fort Duquesne from the French.
- 2. A person who a very large tract of land.
- 4. The French fort that George Washington was sent to capture.
- 5. This place was a prime beaver-trapping territory.
- 6. The law making body that made laws to meet the needs of its colony.
- 9. The temporary fort Washington built when he decided to keep fighting the French.
