Colonial Period & Independence

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  1. 6. The colony where the Battle of Trenton took place. (Two Words)
  2. 8. Group of people who were in the America's before the Europeans arrived. (Two Words)
  3. 11. This colony, like its sister to the North, was named after the Latin word for Charles, Carolus, in honor of King Charles I. (Two Words)
  4. 12. The colony that was named after the county Hampshire in England. (Two Words)
  5. 16. Pseudonym used by James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, and John Jay to write the Federalist Papers.
  6. 18. The first state to ratify the Constitution.
  7. 20. Some colonists came to the America's to avoid punishment. (Two Words)
  8. 21. States sent representatives to Philadelphia for this. (Two Words)
  9. 23. First Secretary of the Treasury and one of the writes of the Federalist Papers. (Two Words)
  10. 24. quartering or boarding of the ________________ was a reason why the colonist fought the British. (Two Words)
  11. 26. Colony founded by Quaker William Penn.
  12. 27. Important US document written in 1887.
  13. 29. This was adopted on July 4, 1776.
  14. 30. The colonists fought the British for self-____________.
  15. 31. This colony's first settlement was in Hartford.
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  1. 1. He wrote the Declaration of Independence. (Two Words)
  2. 2. This colony was named after Charles I wife, Queen Henrietta Maria.
  3. 3. The reason the pilgrims came. (Two Words)
  4. 4. This Colony was named after King George II of England.
  5. 5. This general is the "Father of Our Country" and the 1st President of the US. (Two Words)
  6. 7. One of our presidents who was one of the authors of the Federalist Papers. (Two Words)
  7. 9. This colony, like its sister to the South, was named in honor of King Charles II father, King Charles I. (Two Words)
  8. 10. This colony was originally called New Amsterdam. (Two Words)
  9. 13. The pilgrims founded this colony with the settlement of Plymouth.
  10. 14. The last state and smallest state to ratify the Constitution. (Two Words)
  11. 15. Group of people sold as slaves in America.
  12. 17. Was a US diplomat, the oldest member of the Constitutional Convention, the first Postmaster General of the US, the writer of "Poor Richard's Almanac", and the person who started the first free libraries. (Two Words)
  13. 19. Some colonists came to the America's so they could make money. (Two Words)
  14. 22. This colony was named after the Virgin Queen, Elizabeth I.
  15. 25. First Chief Justice of the Supreme Court and one of the authors of the Federalist Papers. (Two Words)
  16. 28. High ______ was one reason colonists fought the British.