| OREGONTRAIL | Nineteenth-century trail allowing American colonists to travel westward from Independence, Missouri (6,5) |
| TRANSATLANTIC | Westward from the UK (13) |
| SANTAFE | Terminus of a 19th-century "Trail" |
| OGHAM | Ancient characters travel westwards with unsubtle performer (5) |
| OREGON | Overland pioneer route from Independence, Missouri, to the Columbia River, the ... Trail |
| HST | Pres. from Independence, Missouri |
| BOGUS | Travel westwards in vehicle, it is not real (5) |
| MARSONE | Organization intending to send colonists to the Red Planet |
| TEA | American colonists' protest that helped spark off the War of Independence, The Boston ... Party |
| TRUMAN | Harry S ___, US president whose official library is in Independence, Missouri |
| BLACKLOCUSTS | Trees used by the early colonists to build their houses |
| INTOLERABLEACTS | American colonists' epithet for five laws Parliament passed beginning in March 1774 |
| MAKEBELIEVE | Pretend to compel colonist to keep covering back (4,7) |
| TAXES | The Suffolk Resolves were passed in Massachusetts in 1774. Among other actions, they urged colonists to stop paying ___. |
| STAMPTAX | Major irritant for American colonists |
| ALDENS | American colonists Priscilla and John |
| REVERE | "The British are coming!" is what American colonist Paul ... is supposed to have shouted on his ride |
| PENNON | American colonist working to make flag |
| MYLES | American colonist Standish or "Black Velvet" singer Alannah |
| MISSOURIVAUGHN | Red Sox slugger from Independence? |
