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Across
  1. 1. a formal, written request made to an official person or organization
  2. 3. The government or controlling power
  3. 5. freedom from control by another government or country
  4. 6. To place limits or controls on something
  5. 7. a nation that joins another nation in some common effort, such as fighting a war
  6. 9. To take back, or to cancel, a law
  7. 10. To refuse to buy one or more goods from a certain source. An organized refusal by many people is also called a boycott.
  8. 12. to express ideas or feelings in a way that is moving and well-spoken
  9. 13. To continue to keep
  10. 15. to put in place by authority, such a law, tax, or punishment
  11. 16. basic
  12. 18. of Independence: the document written to declare the American colonies as an independent nation, free from British rule
  13. 21. a course of action taken by a government.
Down
  1. 2. The unjust use of government power. A ruler who uses power in this way is called a tyrant.
  2. 4. to formally discuss an issue
  3. 8. A small army made up of ordinary citizens who are trained to fight in an emergency
  4. 11. army: the American army during the American Revolution
  5. 14. breaking an established rule or law
  6. 17. Revolution:the struggle of the colonies in North America to gain their independence from Great Britain
  7. 19. rights:rights common to everyone, as opposed to those given by law
  8. 20. very important or necessary