Exploration and Colonization Crossword Puzzle

This printable crossword puzzle on the topic of American Revolution & Colonial Era has 20 clues. Answers range from 8 to 24 letters long. This crossword is also available to download as a Microsoft Word document or a PDF.

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The transfer of goods between the Americas, Africa, Asia, and Europe
Members of a 17th century English religious group that believe the Anglican Church should purify itself by abandoning much of its ritual and ceremony
colonies that developed an economy based on shipbuilding, fishing, lumbering, small-scale subsistence farming, and manufacturing; society was based on religious standing
A society formed by the Separatists, that was based on the principles of their religious beliefs and the Mayflower Compact
such as tobacco, rice and indigo, that were grown for export to Europe; not grown for the farmer's use
agreement signed by the male Pilgrims to respect laws agreed upon for the general good of the colony
growing only enough to feed one's family
system of government in which the citizens of a community debated and voted directly on all laws; practiced by the Puritans in the Massachusetts Bay Colony
Colonies that developed an economy based on shipbuilding, small-scale farming, and trading; highlighted by cities such as New York, Philadelphia, and Baltimore; home to multiple religious groups
English nobility who received large land grants in eastern Virginia from the King of England
people who agreed to work on tobacco plantations for a fixed period of time to pay for passage to the New World; poor people from England; Ireland and Scotland
Founded in 1607, it was the first permanent English settlement in the New World
Financed the establishment of Jamestown as a business venture
first elected assembly in the New World
leg in the triangular trade pattern between Africa and the West Indies that transported African slaves who eventually ended up in North America
a religious movement, led by George Whitefield and Jonathan Edwards that swept both Europe and the colonies during the mid-1700s; it emphasized emotional spirituality
Puritan dissenter who was banished from the Massachusetts Bay Colony for teaching that worshippers needed neither the church nor its ministers to interpret the Bible for them
theory that countries should acquire gold and focus on exporting goods and owning colonies
transatlantic system of trade in which goods and people, including slaves, were exchanged between Africa, England, Europe, the West Indies, and the colonies in North America
Puritan dissenter who set up a new colony in Rhode Island

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