Across
- 2. a war for Southwest and Claifornia
- 3. written by 5 men to tell the king why they wanted to become independent
- 5. authorized the President to subdivide Native American land
- 7. a railroad that connected the east to the west
- 8. Ruled the British Kingdom during the American Revolutionary War when the colonists gained independence
- 9. site of the first permanent English settlement in America in 1607
- 12. the first ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution
- 14. the process of taking and understanding info
- 15. Imposed a stamp duty on newspapers and legal and commercial documents by the British
- 16. to remove or break away
- 17. where the British general surrendered to George Washington
- 22. Acts that attempted to restrict English ships the right to carry goods to and from England and its colonies
- 25. those who wanted to abolish slavery
- 26. Conflict fought between the U.S. and allies against the U.K. and its allies
- 28. proclaimed that all slaves shall be free
- 29. purchase of Louisiana from France for 15 million dollars
- 30. Belief that the expansion of the U.S. was justified and inevitable
Down
- 1. most influential Founding Father played a key role in defending and ratifying the U.S. constitution
- 4. a contract between two people in which one works for passage to America
- 6. led colonial forces to victory over the British and served two terms as the first U.S. president
- 10. Aimed to end the smuggling trade in sugar and molasses from the French and Dutch West Indies
- 11. a crop produced for its commercial value rather than for use by the grower
- 13. An estate on which crops such as coffee sugar and tobacco are cultivated by resident labor
- 18. the war in America in which France and its Indian allies opposed England 1754-60 ended by the treaty of Paris 1763
- 19. Standoff about old tea where eventually the colonists threw all of it in the water
- 20. small but important battle that forced the Continental Army to retreat
- 21. proposal for the creation of supreme national government with three branches and a bicameral legislature
- 23. the main one to draft the Declaration of Independence and was also responsible for the Louisiana Purchase
- 24. form of democracy where the people decide on policy initiatives directly
- 27. Belief in the benefits of profitable trading