Unit 1 Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 5. Know as the rebels in the American Revolution. Believed in fighting for Independence from Great Britain
  2. 7. When one country takes control of another country or region, establishing a settlement
  3. 9. Had warm climates and rich soil making it perfect for farming. Enslaved Africans worked on plantations here
  4. 11. A region with harsh winters that made farming difficult.
  5. 12. In 1770, Boston Massachusetts a group of British soldiers shot their muskets into a crowd. Five colonists were killed.
  6. 13. Was the campaign by the American colonies to gain independence from Britain. The Americans won in 1783.
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  1. 1. The document proclaimed that the 13 original colonies of America were “free and independent states.”
  2. 2. A law that lowered the price of tea and benefited the British tea companies.
  3. 3. Known as the Breadbasket as there was fertile soil for farming.
  4. 4. Is an area where the British set up the original 13 colonies.
  5. 6. Ended the Revolutionary war and recognized America as a country
  6. 8. American colonists dumped shiploads of tea into the water to protest the Tea Act.
  7. 10. Believed in staying Loyal to the British. Known as the Redcoats.