Across
- 4. a package of five laws passed in September 1850 that aimed to resolve disputes over slavery in newly acquired territories from the Mexican-American War
- 6. revenue act of 1764
- 10. a collection of 85 essays written by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay under the pseudonym "Publius" to persuade New Yorkers to ratify the U.S. Constitution.
- 13. voted to repeal the stamp act
- 14. group of moderate dissenters that believed that the church of England could be reformed
- 15. People who migrated to California in search of gold ( also a NFL football team)
Down
- 1. a 19th-century belief that the United States had a divinely ordained right and duty to expand its territory across North America, from the Atlantic to the Pacific
- 2. refuted the theory of the divine right of kings and argued that all persons are endowed with natural rights to life, liberty, and property
- 3. slave trade across Atlantic ocean
- 5. control of capital
- 7. a group who opposed the ratification of the U.S. Constitution in the late 1780s, fearing a strong central government and advocating for stronger state governments and individual rights.
- 8. first direct task
- 9. England being normally very lax in enforcing regulations
- 11. colonist refused to buy British tea
- 12. Christian profession
