American Revolution Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 2. -the official money of a country
  2. 6. -the state of being free from outside control or support
  3. 7. -to give up; stop fighting
  4. 9. of Independence - document declaring the 13 American Colonies independent from Great Britain
  5. 11. - to refuse to do business or have contact with a person, group, company, country or product
  6. 15. Army - the regular army of America established by the Continental Congress
  7. 16. - the overthrow of a government by those who are governed
  8. 17. - a sum of money demanded by a government for its support
  9. 20. -a formal agreement between two or more countries
  10. 21. - a group of ordinary men who train for battle
  11. 22. - to move (someone or something) from one country into another illegally and secretly
  12. 23. of Confederation - the first constitution of the United States
  13. 24. - a form of government that has a single person known as a monarch at its head
Down
  1. 1. - groups of eager young colonial militiamen who stood ready to fight "at a minute's notice"
  2. 3. - a British soldier especially in America during the Revolutionary War
  3. 4. Congress - a meeting of delegates from each of the 13 American colonies
  4. 5. - the formal act of stating or giving public notice
  5. 8. - an advocate of a federal union between the American colonies after the Revolution and of the adoption of the U.S. Constitution
  6. 10. - a group of people from one country who build a settlement in another land
  7. 12. - a set of les that guides how a country, state, or other political organization works
  8. 13. -a soldier who is paid to fight for a country they are not part of
  9. 14. - freedom from control by another government
  10. 18. -a proposed legislation
  11. 19. - organized opposition to authority