American Revolution - Crossword Puzzle

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Across
  1. 2. Acts – Punitive laws passed after the Boston Tea Party
  2. 4. Continental Congress – 1774 meeting where colonies coordinated a response to Britain
  3. 7. of Independence – Document formally stating colonial separation from Britain
  4. 8. of Paris – Agreement ending the war and recognizing U.S. independence
  5. 9. Act – Law expanding Canada’s territory south to the Ohio River
  6. 11. Tea Party – Protest where colonists dumped tea into the harbor
  7. 12. – Colonists who remained supportive of Britain
  8. 14. Locke – Thinker who said people may overthrow abusive governments
  9. 16. Act – 1765 tax on printed goods that angered colonists
  10. 18. of Yorktown – Final major battle where Britain surrendered
Down
  1. 1. – Colonists who supported independence
  2. 3. – Intellectual movement stressing reason and natural rights
  3. 4. and Indian War – Conflict that left Britain in debt and seeking colonial taxes
  4. 5. of Lexington and Concord – First armed clashes of the American Revolution
  5. 6. Washington – Commander of the Continental Army
  6. 8. Paine – Author who argued for separation from Britain
  7. 10. Sense – Pamphlet that convinced many colonists to support independence
  8. 13. of Liberty – Secret group that organized protests against British taxes
  9. 15. of Saratoga – Turning point that convinced France to join the war
  10. 17. Continental Congress – Group that managed the war effort and moved toward independence