Across
- 3. person sent to a foreign country in order to convert others to their religion
- 5. trained citizens who serve as soldiers during an emergency
- 9. first ten amendments to the Constitution; written list of freedoms guaranteed to citizens by the government
- 11. economic policy under which a nation accumulates wealth by exporting more goods than it imports
- 13. 1798 laws that allowed the government to imprison or deport aliens, and to prosecute its critics
- 17. Gin machine invented in 1793 to separate the cotton fiber from its hard shell
- 18. official ban or restriction on trade
- 21. legal document giving certain rights to a person or company
- 22. colonist who remained loyal to Britain during the Revolution
- 23. framework for self-government of the Plymouth Colony signed on the ship the Mayflower in 1620
- 26. declaration by the British king ordering all colonists to remain east of the Appalachian Mountains
- 28. belief that the government has any power not forbidden by the Constitution
- 29. 1765 law passed by Parliament that required colonists to pay taxes on printed materials
- 30. British trade laws enacted by Parliament during the mid-1700s that regulated colonial commerce
Down
- 1. person who favors native-born inhabitants over immigrants
- 2. loyalty and devotion to one’s nation
- 4. site in Virginia where Cornwallis’s army surrendered to Washington
- 6. American name for the Coercive Acts, which Parliament passed in 1774 to control the colonies
- 7. James Madison’s proposal for a bicameral legislature with representation based upon population
- 8. 1820 agreement calling for the admission of Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state, and banning slavery in the Louisiana Purchase territory north of the 36°30'N latitude
- 10. belief that the government is limited to powers clearly stated in the Constitution
- 12. political system in which power is shared between the national government and state governments
- 14. shift from manual labor to mechanized work that began in Great Britain during the 1700s and spread to the United States around 1800
- 15. individual who agreed to work without wages for a period of time in exchange for transportation to the colonies
- 16. system in which each branch of the government has the power to monitor and limit the actions of the other two
- 19. English document from 1215 that limited the power of the king and provided basic rights for citizens
- 20. William Paterson’s proposal for a unicameral legislature with each state having one vote
- 24. English Puritans who sought religious freedom and founded Plymouth Colony in 1620
- 25. policy of seizing people or property for military or public service
- 27. in colonial Spanish America, king-appointed official who governs a province, colony, or country