Chapter 3: The Colonies Come of Age Crossword

This printable crossword puzzle on the topic of American Revolution & Colonial Era has 15 clues. Answers range from 5 to 18 letters long. This crossword is also available to download as a Microsoft Word document or a PDF.

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A person who becomes the property of others.
A 1739 uprising of slaves in South Carolina, leading to the tightening of already harsh slave laws
A trade law enacted by Parliament in 1764 in an attempt to reduce smuggling in the British Colonies in North America
the 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
A crop grown by a farmer for sale rather than for personal use
an 18th-century intellectual movement that emphasized the use of reason and the scientific method as means of obtaining knowledge.
A conflict in North America, lasting from 1754 to 1763, that was part of a worldwide struggle between France and Britain and that ended with the defeat of France and the transfer of French Canada to Britain
The transfer of the British monarchy from James II to William and Mary in 1688-1689.
A revival of religious feeling in the American colonies during the 1730s and 1750s.
An economic system in which nations seek to increase their wealth and power by obtaining large amounts of gold and silver and by establishing a favorable balance of trade.
the voyage that brought enslaved Africans to the West Indies and later to North America.
A series of laws enacted by Parliament, beginning in 1651, to tighten England’s control of trade in its American colonies.
The legislative body of England.
an order in which Britain prohibited its American colonists from settling west of the Appalachian Mountains.
An English policy of relaxing the enforcement of regulations in its colonies in return for the colonies’ continued economic loyalty.

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