American Revolution Vocabulary Crossword Puzzle

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  1. 5. –patriot who made a daring ride to warn colonists of British arrival; his print of the Boston Massacre was printed throughout the colonies and changed a lot of colonists’ minds about their loyalties to England. (Made them angry and changed the colonists’ minds).
  2. 6. –French nobleman who served in the Continental Army; worked with the king of France to send French troops, ships and funds that assisted the colonists in the American Revolution and contributed to the victory at Yorktown
  3. 8. -rights that cannot be taken away
  4. 10. -The power of government comes from the permission of the people/citizens
  5. 11. –British general who surrendered at Yorktown
  6. 12. –promoted the cause of independence through letters and writings
  7. 14. -The government may only do those things that the people give it the power to do
  8. 18. –Major author of the Declaration of Independence
  9. 19. –Outspoken member of the House of Burgesses; inspired colonial patriotism with his “Give me liberty or give me death” speech
  10. 21. –enslaved African American who wrote poems and plays supporting American independence and who eventually gained her freedom
  11. 22. -the lawmaking body of Great Britain
  12. 24. -The unwritten, unspoken agreement between citizens and their government. Citizens give up some rights in order to receive protection and safety.
  13. 25. -freedom
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  1. 1. –a Scottish philosopher, who explained that governments get their power from the citizens. The idea of the social contract because the natural state of man is to be free. (See below for Social Contract definition)
  2. 2. -the state or attitude of not being satisfied, discontent
  3. 3. –Prominent member of the Continental Congress; helped frame the Declaration of Independence; helped gain French support for American independence
  4. 4. -the announcement by the 13 colonies that the colonies were to be free and independent of England’s control. The document was written, primarily, by Thomas Jefferson and passed by the Second Continental Congress.
  5. 7. -the legislative body in Virginia Colony
  6. 9. –Wrote the pamphlet Common Sense, promoting American independence.
  7. 13. –Commander of the Continental Army
  8. 15. -a person who offers views or theories on ethics, government and other related fields
  9. 16. -an economic system that existed in Europe from the sixteenth to eighteenth centuries. A nation’s wealth was determined by how much gold and silver in their treasury. Led to very strict import/export policy
  10. 17. –British king during the Revolutionary era
  11. 20. -make the laws
  12. 23. –a person who loves, supports, and defends his or her country.