Module 3 Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 3. author of the Declaration of Independence
  2. 6. law passed by the British that imposed a tax on all printed materials in 1756
  3. 8. British general who surrendered at yorktown
  4. 10. colonists who stayed loyal to great Britain
  5. 12. the riot where colonists confronted British troops and troops fired at colonists
  6. 13. men willing to fight on a minutes notice
  7. 14. people who tried to stay as uninvolved in the war as possible
Down
  1. 1. delegates from 12 of the 13 colonies gather in 1754 and representatives agreed that the colonies should work together to boycott British trade goods
  2. 2. period in time of great philosophical thought and scientific discoveries and inventions
  3. 3. author of Common Sense
  4. 4. the war between Great Britain and its American colonies, in which the colonies won their independence from British control
  5. 5. colonists who wanted independence from Great Britain
  6. 7. agreement signed on February 6, 1778, between France and the United States, in which each country agreed to help the other defend itself against England
  7. 9. pamphlet by Thomas Paine to encourage colonists to declare and fight for independence
  8. 11. event where colonists disguised themselves as Indians and threw tea off of ships