Across
- 3. the right to vote
- 7. an organized effort to prevent the drinking of alcoholic beverages
- 12. and Indian War, war that occurred between Britain and France over the same lands of the Ohio Company
- 13. Purchase, purchase made under Thomas Jefferson that extended from the Mississippi River to the Rocky Mountains
- 16. the official approval of the Constitution by the states
- 17. Compromise, the agreement that established a two-house national legislature; all states have equal representation in one while the other is based on population
- 18. & Sedition Act, a series of 4 laws that were created to reduce the political power of immigrants to the United States
- 20. document that corrected the defects of the Articles of Confederation
- 24. Doctrine, a policy created prevent European expansion into the Americas
- 26. group of people that wanted a Bill of Rights because they wanted to be protected from the government
- 27. Act, tax on legal documents, pamphlets, and newspapers
- 30. movement to end slavery
- 31. of Tears, marches the Cherokee were forced to take from Georgia to the Indian Territory
- 32. American colonists that wanted to remain a part of Great Britain
- 33. England colonies, colonies that were formed to gain religious freedom
Down
- 1. the protectionist economic principle that nations should control trade with their colonies to ensure a favorable balance of trade
- 2. Forge, the site in Pennsylvania where the Continental army spent the winter of 1777-1778 under extremely harsh conditions
- 4. of Confederation, document that included the first framework for the US government
- 5. the first settlement in the colony
- 6. group of people that believed the Bill of Rights were unnecessary and were opposed to it
- 8. a state’s refusal to recognize an act of Congress that it considers unconstitutional
- 9. of independence, document written in response to Great Britain’s attempt to assert more control over the North American colonies
- 10. the country of which the colonists of the 13 colonies were from
- 11. people that wanted to follow the Constitution word for word; they did not want to do it unless it was stated in the Constitution (Thomas Jefferson)
- 14. of 1812, war entered by congress because of British Impressment; it boosted a sense of nationalism in US citizens
- 15. American colonists that wanted independence from Great Britain
- 19. a devotion to the interests and culture of one’s nation
- 21. colonies, strong agricultural producing colonies
- 22. colonies, colonies with temperate climate; includes New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Delaware
- 23. Von Steuben, person who trained the army and turned farmers into fighters
- 25. System, a system that includes tariffs, internal improvements, and the banks of the US
- 28. Sense, was written to persuade the colonists to join the Independence Movement
- 29. Tea Party, the colonists’ response to the Tea Act