Unit 2 Keywords - U.S. History A

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Across
  1. 4. Act requires colonial people to provide food, drink, quarters, etc. to British soldiers.
  2. 6. The American purchase of the massive territory of Louisiana from the French for 15 million dollars.
  3. 7. A diplomatic incident between the United States and France that resulted in the Quasi-war.
  4. 9. An American political activist who wrote the essay “Common Sense”.
  5. 11. An agreement between the 13 states and the framework of the government.
  6. 14. A form of government that wanted the Bill of Rights and less power to the government fearing it was too powerful.
  7. 16. The peace treaty that ended the war of 1812 between the United States and Great Britain.
  8. 18. A coordinated organization in the American colonies to oppose the British parliament.
  9. 20. An American protest against the tea act by dumping tea into the harbor.
  10. 23. Conflict between the United States and Great Britain over British North America.
  11. 25. Act requires taxation on all papers and official documents in colonies.
  12. 27. An appeal to King George III to prevent the conflict between the colonies and Britain.
  13. 29. Act that makes laws and binds American colonies in all cases.
  14. 30. A phrase that refers to the opening shot at the battles of LexingtonandConcord at the beginning of revolutionary war.
  15. 31. Act to reduce smuggling that taxed sugar.
  16. 32. Meetings from the 13 colonies and their delegates to discuss things like independence and resistance against Great Britain.
  17. 33. Acts that took away the colonies self governance.
  18. 34. Founding father who helped the American financial system by creating the first national bank.
Down
  1. 1. An uprising in Massachusets in response to taxation and debt crisis.
  2. 2. A written document of the United States established national government and fundamental laws along with certain rights for citizens.
  3. 3. The treaty signed between the American colonies and Great Britain ending the war.
  4. 5. Contains the first 10 amendments to the United States constitution.
  5. 8. Acts that raised the requirements of residency and arrest/imprison people who talk against or badly of the government.
  6. 10. A court case that resulted in a turning point for the judicial branch and gave it more power in government.
  7. 12. The pronouncement of liberty from Great Britian claiming independence from its mother country.
  8. 13. A violent tax protest that began in 1791 and ended in 1794 protesting the power of the government.
  9. 15. The avoidance of strict law enforcement by the British to the colonies.
  10. 17. A loosely organized group of people from the thirteen colonies to advance the rights of the colonies.
  11. 19. The last major battle of the revolutionary war occured here.
  12. 21. The army of the colonies led by George Washington.
  13. 22. Multiple acts on taxation of imported goods like glass, lead, paint, paper, and tea.
  14. 24. A period of peace and unity in the United States after the war of 1812.
  15. 26. A form of government that wanted a strong government and strong executive branch.
  16. 28. A deadly riot that resulted in the death and bloodshed of colonials.