Vocabulary
Across
- 3. formalized France's financial and military support of the revolutionary government in America.
- 6. a theater of the Seven Years' War, which pitted the North American colonies of the British Empire against those of the French, each side being supported by various Native American tribes.
- 8. a person who remains loyal to the established ruler or government, especially in the face of a revolt.
- 10. political and philosophical discourse that characterized European society during the 'long' 18th century: from the late 17th century to the ending of the Napoleonic Wars in 1815.
- 13. appointed commander of the Continental Army in 1775
- 14. ended the French and Indian War/Seven Years' War between Great Britain and France, as well as their respective allies
- 16. was a meeting of delegates from 12 of the 13 British colonies that became the United States.
Down
- 1. The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America, is the pronouncement and founding document adopted by the Second
- 2. also known as the Battle of Yorktown, the surrender at Yorktown, or the German battle, beginning on September 28, 1781
- 4. an impartial or unbiased country or person.
- 5. secured American independence from Great Britain. Fighting began on April 19, 1775, followed by the Lee Resolution on July 2, 1776, and the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776
- 7. is defined as the period of rigorous
- 9. a theory or model that originated during the Age of Enlightenment and usually concerns the legitimacy of the authority of the state over the individual.
- 11. a British-produced boundary marked in the Appalachian Mountains at the Eastern Continental Divide
- 12. the colonists of the Thirteen Colonies who rejected British rule during the American Revolution, and declared the United States of America an independent nation in July 1776.
- 15. was an act of the Parliament of Great Britain which imposed a direct tax on the British colonies in America and required that many printed materials in the colonies be produced on stamped paper produced in London, carrying an embossed revenue stamp.