Articles of Confederation Crossword Puzzle

About the Articles of Confederation Crossword Puzzle

This puzzle covers the Articles of Confederation, the early United States government, and the debates surrounding its powers. Search for terms such as Congress, ratification, sovereignty, and taxation, alongside figures and places including John Dickinson, Maryland, and Philadelphia. It suits students reviewing the founding era and anyone interested in how the nation’s first governing framework worked.

This crossword draws on 44 clues about Articles of Confederation. Each grid uses a different handful and fits them together a new way, so press New puzzle for another whenever you finish. The answers are in the answer key when you print, and behind the Reveal button when you play.

Sample clues

• •Pact between two or more parties (8 letters)
• •Small group appointed to handle a task (9 letters)
• •Money used in circulation (8 letters)
• •Southern state nicknamed the Peach State (7 letters)
• •Old Line State, south of Pennsylvania (8 letters)
• •Empire State, home to Albany (7 letters)
• •Minimum attendance needed to conduct business (6 letters)
• •Supreme political authority (11 letters)

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