This printable crossword puzzle on the topic of US History (General) has 20 clues. Answers range from 8 to 18 letters long. This crossword is also available to download as a Microsoft Word document or a PDF.
Colonists who sided with Britain in the American Revolution.
Colonial group formed to protest British taxes.
Law passed by Parliament that placed taxes on printed matter.
When British soldiers fired into into a group of gathered colonists, killing several people in 1770.
National loyalty/pride.
A type of war where an army destroys its opponent's ability to fight by attacking civilians, and economic and military targets.
Type of fighting where soldiers use hit-and-run attacks against the enemy.
US purchase of French land between the Mississippi River and the Rocky Mts; largest land deal in history.
It states that the Constitution and federal laws outrank state laws.
Plan made by Henry Clay to raise tariffs to pay for improvements like roads and canals.
Union plan in the Civil War for a naval blockade.
First 10 amendments of the US Constitution.
Secret Society of old Confederates who used violence to keep African Americans from securing their civil rights.
People who traveled to California during the Gold Rush, seeking gold.
The route to Oregon Territory in the 1800s.
Civil War Union victory in MD, which was the bloodiest single-day battle in US History
The belief that people can rise above material things in life to reach a higher level of understanding.
Allowing voters in the territory to decide of they want to allow slavery there.
Laws passed in the south during Reconstruction that limited the freedom of former slaves.
Northern Republicans who moved to the south during Reconstruction.