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Down: 2) South Carolina4) Great author of the time period5) A group of colonial women who got together and made clothes both for their family and to sell; an act of rebellion and political virtue7) An act passed by Parliament to tax sugar to raise money to offset the cost of the 7 years war8) The grueling fight between the Americans and Mexicans that resulted in a Mexican win, but only a few American casualties10) Road made to connect the states out West to the Nation's capital; took over 30 years and was 800 miles long; stretched from Wheeling, VA to Vandalia, IL12) Exemplified a new breed of politician because he made personal friends out of political enemies and renewed two party competitions and created the Independent Treasury13) Radical republicans who demanded war and action and called for expulsion of British from Canada and Spanish from Florida14) TOTAL WAR; Burned Atlanta; 285 thousand miles of destruction toward Appomattox15) the smuggling capital that had the Sugar Act in 176416) Was a women's right's activist who fought for their equal positions and thought that slavery was sinful and its continued existence was unacceptable17) Came from England when Charles 1 banned it; became a "City on a Hill" that the entire country looked up to for its' harmonious ways18) Connected the Hudson river, the Great Lakes, and the Atlantic which cut shipping costs19) The belief that God had predestined the Americans to come to the New World and it belonged to them, not the Native Americans21) Gave the South stronger fugitive slave law; made California a free state; put up Kansas & Nebraska for a free or slave state by popular sovereignty22) Written by Harriet Beecher Stowe; Mobilized abolitionist and articulated the evils of slavery23) Called for spread of slavery to the new territoreis24) John Adams' bribe to the French to prevent a war25) The port for entry for the immigrants; the city of brotherly love; the country's first capital26) Founder of Rhode Island and was kicked out of Massachusetts 28) Founded the first black bank & co-founded the African Methodist Episcopal Church for slaves30) Hamilton's idea to put a tax on domestically produced Whiskey; thought it would help finance the National Debt but would improve morals to help Americans drink less liquor33) Party loyalty appointments to civil service jobs under Jackson34) Initiated by Portugal that was later adopted by other Europeans, before the Atlantic Slave Trade, Africans would be shipped over in terrible conditions and were objected to extreme dehumanization.35) When farmers and veterans stormed into the town to try to shut down the government; it resulted in small skirmishes with the state militia ultimately being defeated, but the state granted relief to debtors and lead to the restructure of government37) Philadelphia Convention's youngest delegate; played an essential role in the Constitution's adoption; helped write the Federalist papers39) The bloodiest battle of the war; resulted in Union victory/stalemate40) Started off as a ministerial institution for Puritans so they didn't have to travel back to England to become a minister Across: 1) Ireland & Germany3) When Parliament spoke for ALL of the British subjects without their consent; forced their leadership in the colonies6) The hatred of immigrants, foreigners, or native americans over others9) Lead the deadliest slave revolt in North America11) Defended the right to disobey unjust laws and criticized the materialism of American society20) A democratic republican who wrote the Declaration of Independence and was the 3rd president of the US; made cuts to the army to save money27) Decreased the inluence of the Quakers; founded new schools (columbia, brown, dartmouth), gave diversity to America; gave women prominence29) John Quincy Adams believed the America was ordained to spread across all of North America and believed in the importance of America making their own statement, so the Monroe Doctrine was created to abstain from european wars and the american continent off limits to any other European colonization.31) The plan by the Union to block the Mississippi river so that the Confederates could not get the provisions they needed32) Were not abolitionists; main objective was to stop the spread of slavery36) The idea that power was determined by wealth38) The main city that declined as a commercial center because of railroads41) Called for the reduction of the use of alcohol, not the banishment42) Painters who emphasized the emotional effect of their art through the use of color and composition, rather than being limited to the confines of accuracy43) The commander of the Confederates44) The act of the colonists illegally smuggling the better and more expensive tea in rebellion to the government45) Gave the US control over the Mississippi River which gave them control of many waterways throughout the US which made travel and transportation much easier for people and goods46) Deeply religious woman who led sermons from her home; was later bannished from MA Bay because she "got a revelation from God" and claimed to be like the "Joan of Arc" of the New World47) A nickname for William Henry Harrison because he was so old yet still running for President
 

 

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