State Crossword: Virginia

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  1. 5. Group that sought to expand trade with the Seneca peoples to the West, angering the French colonists in the region and beginning the French and Indian War in 1757.
  2. 9. Important naval and rail city and capital of the Tidewater region.
  3. 10. Capitol of Virginia from 1699 to 1780; reenactments of colonial life can be found there.
  4. 11. First English settlement in the Americas.
  5. 12. Major author of the Constitution and Federalist Papers, as well as the Fourth President.
  6. 14. Actor who played the titular character in "Ted Lasso."
  7. 16. Black carpenter who led a four-day anti-slavery rebellion.
  8. 17. Leader of the Powhatan, an alliance of Algonquian-speaking peoples, at the time of English settlement.
  9. 18. City that lies across the Potomac River from Washington DC, known for its cemetary.
  10. 19. Actress known for her roles in "Speed" and "Bird Box."
  11. 20. Capital of Virginia and the Confederacy.
  12. 22. 215-foot rock arch sacred to the Monacan people.
  13. 26. First president of the United States; a Virginia resident.
  14. 27. Killing of four black men and one white man to dissuade Black Americans from voting in the 1883 election.
  15. 28. President with the shortest service period.
  16. 29. Bay shared with Maryland important for spawning fish, seabirds, and raptors; it has suffered significantly from rising sea levels and erosion.
  17. 30. Last major battle of the Revolutionary War, in which American ground forces and the French Navy surrounded the troops of General Cornwallis.
  18. 31. Island known for its wild ponies.
  19. 32. Said, "Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death!"
  20. 33. Singer referred to as the Queen of Jazz.
  21. 34. National park along the Appalachian Mountains known for its waterfalls and fall foliage.
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  1. 1. First person in the Virginia colony to become enslaved under civil law, in 1655.
  2. 2. Motto of Virginia that translates to "Thus Always to Tyrants" in Latin.
  3. 3. Center for the US Department of Defense.
  4. 4. Court decision that forbade Virginia's ban on interracial marriage.
  5. 6. Site of the last battle of the Civil War: Robert E. Lee surrendered to Union forces under Ulysses S. Grant here.
  6. 7. Second oldest college in the United States (after Harvard); three presidents and numerous other historical figures were educated here.
  7. 8. Spectacular caverns discovered in 1878 known for the Great Stalactite Organ.
  8. 13. Powhatan name for Eastern Virginia.
  9. 15. Largest city in Virginia.
  10. 21. Revolt led against colonial governor William Berkeley by white indentured servants, black slaves, and Native Americans. While they were able to force Berkley out of Virginia, the British government would use this as justification to sow racial differences and punish Indigenous peoples with slavery.
  11. 23. Combat medic who refused to carry a weapon during the Battle of Okinawa and saved 75 lives during the fight.
  12. 24. President who developed the League of Nations
  13. 25. Powhatan girl kidnapped by English settlers.