Across
- 2. – Explorer reaches the New World in 1492
- 5. – British forces attack U.S. capital, 1814
- 9. – Major waterway construction project started in 1817
- 10. – Site of the Shot Heard Round the World, 1775
- 13. – Crisis over states' rights led by John C. Calhoun, 1828
- 14. – First African slaves sold in America, 1619
- 18. – Major migration west after gold discovery in California, 1848
- 21. – Meeting advocating for women's suffrage, 1848
- 23. – Decisive American victory in Revolutionary War, 1781
- 24. – Controversial act leading to the Trail of Tears, 1830
- 25. – Started the French and Indian War, 1754
Down
- 1. – Territory purchased by Jefferson from France, 1803
- 3. – Document declaring freedom from Britain, 1776
- 4. – Supreme Court ruling that denied citizenship to African Americans, 1857
- 6. – Infamous witch trials held here, 1692
- 7. – First ten amendments drafted to protect individual freedoms, 1789
- 8. – Landmark case establishing judicial review, 1803
- 11. – Violent incident in Boston that escalated tensions, 1770
- 12. – Morse's invention that revolutionized communication, 1844
- 15. – First permanent English settlement in America, 1607
- 16. – Native American who helped the Pilgrims, 1621
- 17. – War ignited by the killing of a Native American settler, 1675
- 19. – Jackson's battle over the Second Bank of the U.S., 1832
- 20. – Ship that brought the Pilgrims to America, 1620
- 22. – Meeting to draft the U.S. Constitution, 1787
