Colonial America Part 3

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Across
  1. 2. ______ roads were roads over which the mail was carried.
  2. 3. _________ Gap was a natural pass throught the mountains near the Virginia-Tennessee border where Boone led explorers.
  3. 6. This was the sparsely populated areas on the fringe of settlement, but slowly but surely progressed westward.
  4. 7. William ____, a Bostonian, was the first professional musician and composer born in America.
  5. 10. Benjamin ________, a black American, accurately predicated an eclipse in 1789.
  6. 11. Ben ____ shared wisdom in his yearly Poor Richard's Almanac publication and his inventions were many..
  7. 13. A _____ could be used to travel between Philadelphia, New York, and Boston but travelers ran into mud in the spring, snow in winter and deep ruts year round.
  8. 14. The New England ______ was the most widely used textbook in colonial America.
  9. 16. The _____ Road was a trail the pioneers blazed and served as a path for families bound for West.
  10. 18. A ____ school was called as such because it was conducted by a widow or single lady who agreed to teach in her home.
  11. 19. _____/thirds of men could read and write in America around the American Revolution
  12. 20. It could take one _____ to travel by stagecoach from Boston to New York.
Down
  1. 1. By time of America's War for Independence, Americans were probably the most _____ people in the world.
  2. 2. _____ is an alloy of tin, copper, and lead.
  3. 4. Boys called ______ were placed under the authority and care of a master craftsman to learn a trade.
  4. 5. New England _____ set the pace for education in colonial America.
  5. 7. Daniel ______ was one of the first frontiersman to lead pioneers over the Appalachian Mountains into the untamed land beyond.
  6. 8. ______ was the first American college, founded by the Puritans.
  7. 9. Paul _____ crafted much fine silverware.
  8. 12. A ____ was a paddle-shaped board to which was attached a printed sheet of the ABCs and Lord's prayer.
  9. 15. Cotton _______, a Puritan minister ands scientist, helped introduce the smallpox vaccine.
  10. 17. In the south, ______ became an established institution due to the needed labor for the large plantations.