Early America Crossword

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Across
  1. 2. Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan and (blank) were the next few states admitted to the Union.
  2. 3. the trade route that involved collecting slaves from Africa and bringing them to the New World
  3. 8. European countries came to the New World in search of God, gold and....
  4. 10. an uprising of farmers that couldn't pay back their debts
  5. 11. a period when business slows, prices/wages drop and unemployment rises.
  6. 12. This word means "to give up"
  7. 13. the name of Spanish explorers
  8. 14. Document that sets out the basic laws, principles, organizations and processes of government
  9. 16. Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness
  10. 17. Under the articles of confederation, this amount of states needed to agree before a bill became a law
Down
  1. 1. the freedom of religion is part of our first amendment in the document known as...
  2. 4. This person came up with the idea of freedom of religion
  3. 5. the waterway through/around North America
  4. 6. The enlightened thinker that developed natural rights.
  5. 7. Settlement made up of people whose goal is to convert others to Christianity
  6. 9. This thinker developed the idea of "Separation of Powers" (Thinker's last name only)
  7. 15. another word for money