From Colonies to a Nation

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Across
  1. 2. The British government passed many news laws which put _____ on tea, glass, and paper.
  2. 4. English towns had soldiers called _____ who were ready to fight in a minute.
  3. 5. English Puritans and Quakers came to America for _____ freedom.
  4. 7. There were 13 _____ colonies along the Atlantic coastline.
  5. 9. The 13 colonies sent representatives to Philadelphia to write a _____ of Independence.
  6. 10. A _____ is a settlement that is ruled by a faraway government.
  7. 11. A _____ is a major, sudden change in government or people's lives.
  8. 13. Colonies spoke out again _____ without representation. They began to boycott English goods.
Down
  1. 1. The first fight of the American Revolution took place here in 1775.
  2. 3. Henry Hudson began to sail up the _____ River in New York. He described the area as rich land that is good for settlers.
  3. 6. A _____ was signed in 1783, officially ending the war and forming a new nation called the United States of America.
  4. 8. English settlers founded _____ colonies in the northeast.
  5. 12. In 1773 protestors dumped a shipment of _____ into the Boston Harbor to protest taxation.