Across 3. a business in which individuals invest their money for a common purpose 7. a crop grown by a farmer for sale, not personal use 9. economic system based on making money by growing crops 13. first surviving British colony established in 1607 by the Virginia Company in what today is Virginia 14. possession or property 16. written agreement signed aboard the Mayflower by the Pilgrims of the colony of Plymouth to be ruled by a democratic government and recognizing the king of England as their monarch 18. people who agreed to work for employers for a certain period of time, often in return for travel expenses, shelter, and food 19. a group of religious reformers who fled England to seek religious freedom; established first permanent colony in New England at Plymouth in what is now Massachusetts 20. .frozen water and land which connected the continents of Asia and North America

Down 1. to treat someone or a group in a cruel and unjust way 2. type of government or rule where the power comes from the people 4. people agreeing to be governed, making decisions in government, and selecting their own leaders 5. refers to a region that can produce a lot of food and provide it to others 6. inland water route from the east coast of North America to the Pacific, and thus to the Orient 8. economic system based on making money by buying and selling things 10. Spanish military leaders who conquered the Native Americans of Central and South America 11. chief of the Powhatan tribe and head of the Powhatan confederacy of tribes; a group of Native Americans that lived in eastern Virginia at the time of the first English settlements in that area 12. daughter of chief Powhatan; married Virginia colonist John Rolfe 15. building material or brick made of sun-dried earth and straw 17. to formally and legally remove from a place and not allow to return