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Political Beginnings
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Black Codes: laws restricting the movement and rights of slaves in PA
emancipation: granting of freedom to slaves
Gradual Abolition of Slavery Act: every child born into slavery after 1780 would be freed at age 28
John Fitch: invented the first steamboat in 1787
Keystone State: nickname given to Pennsylvania
John Dickinson: author of Letters from a Pennsylvania Farmer protesting unfair actions by England
Mason Dixon Line: border between Maryland and Pennsylvania to settle a dispute
Pennsylvania Abolition Society: group formed to discourage slavery in 1775
Declaration of Rights: protects rights of citizens; used as model for Bill of Rights
privateer: privately owned merchant ships equipped with weapons
rebellion: organized resistance to government or authority
relocate: to move something to another place
Society of Friends: another name for Quakers
Political Beginnings
Across:3. | another name for Quakers | 5. | to move something to another place | 6. | organized resistance to government or authority | 12. | group formed to discourage slavery in 1775 | 13. | laws restricting the movement and rights of slaves in PA |
| | Down:1. | every child born into slavery after 1780 would be freed at age 28 | 2. | privately owned merchant ships equipped with weapons | 4. | protects rights of citizens; used as model for Bill of Rights | 7. | granting of freedom to slaves | 8. | author of Letters from a Pennsylvania Farmer protesting unfair actions by England | 9. | nickname given to Pennsylvania | 10. | invented the first steamboat in 1787 | 11. | border between Maryland and Pennsylvania to settle a dispute |
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Political Beginnings
Across:3. | another name for Quakers | 5. | to move something to another place | 6. | organized resistance to government or authority | 12. | group formed to discourage slavery in 1775 | 13. | laws restricting the movement and rights of slaves in PA |
| | Down:1. | every child born into slavery after 1780 would be freed at age 28 | 2. | privately owned merchant ships equipped with weapons | 4. | protects rights of citizens; used as model for Bill of Rights | 7. | granting of freedom to slaves | 8. | author of Letters from a Pennsylvania Farmer protesting unfair actions by England | 9. | nickname given to Pennsylvania | 10. | invented the first steamboat in 1787 | 11. | border between Maryland and Pennsylvania to settle a dispute |
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© 2013
PuzzleFast.com, Noncommercial Use Only