Module 3 Vocabulary Crossword
Across
- 3. Massacre event where British soldiers killed five colonists
- 7. John, an Enlightenment philosopher who argued for natural rights and government by consent
- 9. Exclusive control over trade or production, a key grievance against British policies
- 12. Liberty Concept of freedom within a framework of law and order
- 14. of Independence document asserting American independence from Britain
- 15. Charles, a British general who surrendered at Yorktown
- 17. of Alliance agreement between France and the American colonies
- 19. Acts Series of punitive laws passed by Britain after the Boston Tea Party
- 20. and Indian War Conflict between Britain and France over North American territory
- 22. Act British tax on paper goods, sparking colonial protests
- 24. battle where British General Cornwallis surrendered
- 27. Colonists who remained loyal to Britain during the Revolution
- 28. Colonial militia ready to fight at a minute’s notice
- 29. Rights inherent to all people, central to Enlightenment philosophy
- 30. Author of Common Sense and other Revolutionary writings
- 31. George Commander of the Continental Army and first US president
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- 1. Virginian orator famous for the phrase "Give me liberty or give me death!"
- 2. Tea Party protest against British taxes on tea
- 4. Sense Pamphlet by Thomas Paine urging independence
- 5. Contract Idea that government derives power from the consent of the governed
- 6. Jefferson Author of the Declaration of Independence
- 8. Intellectual movement emphasizing reason and individual rights
- 10. and Concord First battles of the Revolutionary War in
- 11. War conflict between the American colonies and Britain
- 13. colonists who did not take sides in the Revolutionary War
- 16. Treaty of Paris Ended the Revolutionary War, recognizing American independence
- 18. Treaty of Paris Ended the French and Indian War, ceding territory to Britain
- 21. British general during the early part of the Revolutionary War
- 23. of British law prohibiting settlement west of the Appalachians
- 25. Colonists who supported independence from Britain
- 26. Continental Congress meeting of colonial delegates to address British policies