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Across
- 6. used his newspaper and leadership to persuade Pennsylvanians to fight for freedom
- 8. This was the battle where Native Americans attacked a British General, resulting in a British victory (and a man killed)
- 10. laws set by British government to place a tax on cloth, glass, paint, lead, paper, and tea
- 11. money a government collects from its people.
- 12. meeting of delegates at Carpenter's Hall in Philadelphia
- 14. vocabulary word meaning to refuse to buy
- 16. in 1773, colonists boarded a British ship and threw its tea into Boston Harbor on protest of the tea tax
- 17. Parliament passed this law (__________________ of 1763) which established a boundary that colonists were not supposed to cross, though many did illegally
- 21. after the French and Indian War and Pontiacs War, many colonists wanted to settle farther ________.
- 22. Britain's law making body
Down
- 1. wrote "Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania" in the local newspaper, opposing the taxes.
- 2. On March 5th, 1770, British soldiers fired their rifles into a crowd of protesters, killing 5 people
- 3. The General sent by the British to free Fort Pitt, which was under siege by Native Americans
- 4. the battle when the Native Americans captured Fort Presque Isle and Fort Le Boeuf.
- 5. vocabulary word meaning freedom
- 7. Many colonists refused to buy stamps, and marched in protest, writing formal written requests to those in authority called ______________.
- 9. in 1765, Parliament passed this law which required all newspapers and official documents to have a special stamp, resulting in many furious colonists.
- 13. the leaders of the Ottawa
- 15. the place of meeting for 12 out of the 13 colonies, located in Philadelphia
- 18. Many lessons were learned after the French and Indian War, including the fact that British forces can not be __________________.
- 19. The French and Indian War and Pontiac's War led the colony in _________, which resulted in the government to require taxes of its people to raise mony
- 20. army of ordinary citizens called together in emergencies