Across
- 2. – thinkers believed reason and logic could be used to improve society
- 4. – protested taxes through boycotts of British goods
- 6. – because Americans were so insulted, they cut ties with France
- 8. - upset the colonists because they felt that they had the right to expand
- 9. – said “give me liberty or give me death!” to convince the colonists to form a militia
- 12. – put in place to try to protect America from getting involved in foreign affairs
- 13. – two were formed because people disagreed about how the Federal government should be run and what powers it should have
- 14. – lead by Alexander Hamilton
- 15. – helped us during out revolution, so Jefferson and others believed the US should help them in revolution
- 16. - America’s first attempt at putting a constitution in place
- 19. – wanted war with the British
- 20. – affected key figures in the community who were willing to openly protest
- 22. - were against the Constitution because it gave too much power to the Federal government
- 24. – sold by Napoleon when he realized it would be hard for him to create an American empire
- 25. - soldiers suffered through a harsh winter while Washington provided great leadership to help them survive
- 26. –gave the colonists confidence that they could fight the British
- 27. – leader of the Democratic-Republican Party
- 28. – resulted in the meeting of the First Continental Congress
- 29. – put in place to make sure England made a profit
Down
- 1. – first election where power shifted from one party to another peacefully
- 3. - added to the Constitution to help protect state and individual rights
- 5. – convinced the French to help the Continental Army
- 7. – written in response to the Alien and Sedition Acts
- 10. - Enlightenment thinker that inspired the writers of the Declaration of Independence
- 11. – was appointed by the Second Continental Congress to command the army
- 16. – Washington’s Secretary of Treasury who worked to make the economy more stable
- 17. – opposed by Jefferson but used when he purchased the Louisiana Territory because the Constitution did not say the Federal government could do that
- 18. – battle where the Americans won over the Native Americans
- 21. – Washington’s reaction with sending troops showed that the Federal government had power within states
- 23. – caused many American businesses to fail instead of hurting the British