Declaration of Independence

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Across
  1. 2. What, beginning with C, is another word for the British government?
  2. 4. Who was the British king at this time? _______________ IV
  3. 5. What was James Busby’s official title: British _______________ to New Zealand
  4. 7. What did 34 Māori chiefs sign in 1835? A Declaration of the ________________ of New Zealand
  5. 9. What did Busby have no way of enforcing? His ____________
Down
  1. 1. What did Māori nickname Busby? ‘___________ without guns’.
  2. 2. Why could Busby not command soldiers? He was a _____________
  3. 3. What did Busby arrange in his first year? New Zealand’s first official _______
  4. 6. In what year was Busby appointed to this role? 18___
  5. 8. Why did Britain refuse to station a warship in New Zealand? They were keen to keep ________ down