American Revolution

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Across
  1. 4. Franklin Prominent member of the Continental Congress; helped frame the Declaration of Independence; helped gain French support for American independence
  2. 7. 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
  3. 9. of Independence 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.
  4. 10. the lawmaking body of Great Britain
  5. 12. a person who offers views or theories on ethics, government and other related fields
  6. 14. Cornwallis British general who surrendered at Yorktown
  7. 15. Government The government may only do those things that the people give it the power to do
  8. 16. of Burgesses the legislative body in Virginia Colony
  9. 18. Washington Commander of the Continental Army
  10. 19. of the governed The power of government comes from the permission of the people/citizens
  11. 21. Revere 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).
Down
  1. 1. George III British king during the Revolutionary era
  2. 2. rights that cannot be taken away
  3. 3. the state or attitude of not being satisfied, discontent
  4. 5. freedom
  5. 6. make the laws
  6. 8. Locke 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)
  7. 10. Henry Outspoken member of the House of Burgesses; inspired colonial patriotism with his “Give me liberty or give me death” speech
  8. 11. Wheatley enslaved African American who wrote poems and plays supporting American independence and who eventually gained her freedom
  9. 12. a person who loves, supports, and defends his or her country.
  10. 13. Marquis de Lafayette 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
  11. 17. Contract The unwritten, unspoken agreement between citizens and their government. Citizens give up some rights in order to receive protection and safety.
  12. 20. Paine Wrote the pamphlet Common Sense, promoting American independence.