Crossword

5. One of the first orders of business for the Continental Congress was to establish ____________ between the colonies, who had been rather independent of each other before.
6. PH was given a standing ______________ when he entered the Continental Congress meeting, and it surprised and embarrassed him.
11. _________________ was a fine and important colonel in Washington's Army, until he sold out to the British.
13. The situation around Williamsburg became more serious when Lord Dunmore's forces were _______________ed with Loyalist colonists.
14. American ________________ led by Colonels Benedict Arnold and Ethan Allen captured Fort Ticonderoga, the gateway to Canada.
15. PH, John Adams, Richard Henry Lee and John Hancock were on the _______________, leading all the other committees as they prepared for war and organized the new government.

1. _________________ was the leader of the Roundheads in England back in the 1650s.
2. It was important to ______________ the laws of the young nation, but most of that was left for later and for now, each colony's laws remained their own.
3. The British were just almost amused by the silly colonists' militia and made up the song ______________ to torment them--but they wore it proudly.
4. After PH delivered his _______________, he calmed down and said that a burst of anger could be as fun for an older man as kissing a girl was for a younger one!
7. Things like the _________________ of an accused criminal from one colony to another had to be worked out, even as they made plans for war.
8. Washington's first act as commander of the Continental Army was to lay _____________ to General Gage's troops in Boston.
9. Loyalists who refused to ________________ allegiance to the Crown stayed quiet or packed up to leave the colonies.
10. The Patriots didn't act with outright ________________ toward each other, but the wealthy gentry still preferred each other to the outspoken Whigs.
12. Some of the colonial patriots were concerned that Virginia and Massachusetts would hold all of the ___________ offices in the new nation.