Unit 1 Review

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Across
  1. 4. Term to describe a volunteer army
  2. 5. Large farms that grow a singular type of crop
  3. 7. The section of the Trans-Atlantic trade that brought enslaved Africans to America.
  4. 8. England's first permanent settlement in America
  5. 10. This act required colonists to house British soldiers in their towns and homes
  6. 14. British forces captured the American colonies' "seat of government" at the battle of _____.
  7. 15. This document officially ended the Revolutionary War
  8. 17. Due to a lack of supplies, the Continental Army suffered through a hard winter at
  9. 20. Enlightenment thinker who believed in separation of powers
  10. 22. American colonists stored their guns at the town of _______
  11. 24. The Pilgrim's ________ Compact can be best described as an early attempt at self-government in the English colonies.
  12. 25. In response to the Boston Tea Party, England passes the ________ acts to punish the colonists.
  13. 27. To share profits and losses, fourteenth century investors formed
  14. 29. Philosophical movement that inspired people to examine rights and government
  15. 31. England's hands-off approach to colonial governance is referred to as salutary _____
  16. 32. These people supported the Revolutionary War by taking on jobs running the businesses at home, working as nurses in the battle field, and as spies among other things.
  17. 33. This act placed a taxed on common items like tea, building supplies, glass etc.
  18. 39. Document that provided justification for formal separation from England
  19. 42. Commander of the British Army who surrender at Yorktown
  20. 43. The Declaration of Independence argued that governments receive power from the consent of the ______.
  21. 44. Oglethorpe founded the ______ colony as a place for debtors to start a new life.
  22. 46. Describes the trans-Atlantic trade system linking North America, Europe, and Africa
  23. 47. Group of people who wanted independence from England
  24. 48. Commander of the Continental Army
  25. 49. The _________ Continental Congress met in response to the battle of Lexington and Concord
Down
  1. 1. Plants that are grown for profit
  2. 2. The Declaration of Independence argues that people have the natural right to Life, ______, and the pursuit of happiness
  3. 3. Last battle of the Revolutionary War
  4. 6. Group of people who did not want to separate from England
  5. 9. Nickname for the American colonial militia
  6. 11. The _______ or Coercive Acts punished colonists by closing Boston Harbor, quartering more soldiers and dissolved colonial assemblies
  7. 12. Britain offered _________ to enslaved African Americans who joined the British Army
  8. 13. These settlers of Pennsylvania emphasized tolerance, equality, and diversity in religion.
  9. 15. Washington surprise attacked a group of Hessians on Christmas night to capture crucial supplies
  10. 16. In 1770 British soldiers fired into a crowd of colonist who had taunted and thrown objects at them. This event becomes known as the Boston ________.
  11. 18. To Voltaire, being able to freely worship any religion you want is a part of the freedom of ________.
  12. 19. Religious revival movement in the colonies
  13. 21. Series of laws or act passed in 1651 to ensure their share of trade profits
  14. 23. This Enlightenment thinker’s ideas greatly influenced the American Revolution
  15. 24. Hobbes believed that the best form of government is an absolute _________ where one person has all of the power.
  16. 26. What crop did John Rolfe introduce to Virginia in 1612 that helped it become an economic success?
  17. 28. English people who could not afford passage to America came as
  18. 30. German mercenaries hired to fight for England
  19. 34. Where the first shot of the Revolutionary War was fired
  20. 35. Crops which are always needed like wheat, oaks and barley
  21. 36. This colonial region had rich soil that can support an agricultural economy
  22. 37. The _________ Continental Congress met in response to the closing of the port of Boston
  23. 38. The phrase “taxation without ______” reflects the belief that consent of the governed was violated
  24. 40. This colonial region had an abundance of bays and inlets that could be used for harbors and rivers and forests to support towns
  25. 41. Battle that was a major turning point in the Revolutionary War as it inspired France to join the American effort.
  26. 45. England passed a series of taxes to pay for debts it acquired from the ________ and Indian war.