Across
- 7. What is the name of the treaty that ended the French & Indian War and forced France to turn over control of Canada to Great Britain?
- 8. name of pamphlet where Thomas Paine called for the colonists to declare independence from Great Britain
- 10. founding father, scientist, philosopher, inventor, and a great example of social mobility and individualism during colonial times
- 16. law Britain passed to attempt to stop the colonists from expanding west of the Appalachian mountains after the French & Indian War
- 19. document written by Pilgrims while they were still on board the ship that brought them to the New World which established the use of town meetings where voters would make decisions based on majority rules
- 20. New England colony founded by Roger Williams and Anne Hutchinson for individuals who left Massachusetts due to religious disagreements
- 22. first permanent French settlement North American established by Samuel de Champlain in 1608
- 24. Puritans settled in this colony to get away from religious persecution
- 25. 1st permanent English colony in North America founded by the Virginia Company
- 26. middle colony settled by William Penn as a haven for Quakers
- 27. forced the port of Boston to close as punishment for theBoston Tea Party and forced colonists to house British soldiers
Down
- 1. bloody conflict between colonists of New England and Native Americans involving Chief Metacom
- 2. result of a long rivalry between the British and the French due to competition for land in North America
- 3. Committees of Correspondence were set up to organize and communicate issues between colonists; this group was eventually led to the formation of what?
- 4. colony initially settled by the Dutch, called New Netherland; English took over and renamed
- 5. 150 Massachusetts colonists were accused of witchcraft
- 6. colonial group formed to show their dislike of British Rule; damaged British property, including government offices and homes of the wealthy British supporters; burned the British King in effigy
- 9. 1st major cash crop of Virginia introduced by John Rolfe
- 11. brutal sea voyage that carried thousands of African American slaves to the Americas
- 12. this and the Enlightenment movements caused a general questioning of authority on the part of the colonists both religiously and scientifically during the Colonial Period
- 13. the Virginia Company's legislative assembly
- 14. main reason why colonists came and settled in the New England colonies
- 15. adopted by Puritan Church to establish partial membership in the church for children/grandchildren of full members intended to reduce religious unrest in Massachusetts colony
- 17. colonists in Virginia were more concerned with finding this than food
- 18. Chief who led a confederation of Native Americans against the colony of Jamestown; eventually negotiated peace with settlers
- 21. economic theory where countries tried to acquire as much gold, silver, and colonies as possible to obtain resources and wealth
- 23. resulted in landowners switching from indentured servants to a slave system of labor