Question

create your own puzzlespuzzlemaker is a puzzle generation tool for teachers, students and parents. create and print customized word search, criss-cross, math puzzles, and more using your own word lists.unit 1 review crossword puzzleacross1. this european country cooperated and traded with native americans4. farming crops to make a massive profit8. democracy in which people elect officials to make decisions for them9. democracy in which people can make their own laws10. country that colonized south america, the caribbean, the american southwest and florida12. this is the route african slaves took to the new world13. country that colonized the 13 colonies and parts of canada14. farming for survival15. this colony in the south was created as a safe haven for catholicsdown2. this was a massive trade city located in the middle colonies3. colony created by dissenters who fled massachusetts due to persecution by puritans5. english christians who settled new england seeking religious freedom6. this was the 1st permanent english settlement7. religious movement of the mid 1700s that helped lead to the american rev.11. cashcrop used to dye clothing that was grown in the south

Explanation:

1. Across 1: France was the European power known for cooperative trade and alliances with many Native American groups in North America.
2. Across 4: Commercial farming focuses on growing crops specifically for profit, not subsistence.
3. Across 8: A representative democracy is a system where citizens elect officials to govern and make decisions on their behalf.
4. Across 9: A direct democracy allows citizens to vote directly on laws and policies themselves.
5. Across 10: Spain colonized large parts of South America, the Caribbean, the American Southwest, and Florida during the Age of Exploration.
6. Across 12: The Middle Passage was the brutal transatlantic route enslaved Africans were forced to take to the Americas.
7. Across 13: Great Britain (England) colonized the original 13 American colonies and parts of Canada.
8. Across 14: Subsistence farming is farming only to produce enough food for the farmer's own survival, not for profit.
9. Across 15: Maryland was founded as a safe haven for Catholic colonists escaping persecution in England.
10. Down 2: Philadelphia, in the Middle Colonies, was a major and bustling trade and commercial hub in colonial America.
11. Down 3: Rhode Island was founded by Roger Williams and other dissenters who were exiled from Massachusetts Bay Colony by Puritan leaders.
12. Down 5: The Puritans were English Christians who settled New England in the 17th century seeking religious freedom to practice their strict Protestant beliefs.
13. Down 6: Jamestown, Virginia, founded in 1607, was the first permanent English settlement in North America.
14. Down 7: The Great Awakening, a mid-1700s religious revival movement, encouraged ideas of individualism and challenged established authority, helping lay groundwork for the American Revolution.
15. Down 11: Indigo was a valuable cash crop grown in the Southern Colonies, used to produce a blue dye for clothing.

Answer:

Across

1. FRANCE
2. COMMERCIAL
3. REPRESENTATIVE
4. DIRECT
5. SPAIN
6. MIDDLEPASSAGE
7. ENGLAND
8. SUBSISTENCE
9. MARYLAND

Down

1. PHILADELPHIA
2. RHODEISLAND
3. PURITANS
4. JAMESTOWN
5. GREATAWAKENING
6. INDIGO