Revolutionary America

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Across
  1. 1. AND INDIAN WAR – War that led to British taxation of colonies
  2. 4. – Colonists loyal to the British crown
  3. 8. ADAMS – Leader behind colonial protests like Boston Tea Party
  4. 9. OF INDEPENDENCE – Document declaring separation from Britain
  5. 11. – Refusal to buy British goods
  6. 13. FRANKLIN – Diplomat who gained French support
  7. 15. OF SARATOGA – Turning point victory securing French support
  8. 18. HAMILTON – First Treasury Secretary; Federalist leader
  9. 19. OF LIBERTY – Group organizing anti-tax protests
  10. 20. – Power divided between states and national government
  11. 24. HENRY – “Give me liberty or give me death!” speaker
  12. 25. WASHINGTON – First president; commander of the Continental Army
  13. 26. MASSACRE – 1770 confrontation between colonists and British troops
  14. 27. REBELLION – Uprising showing weaknesses of Articles of Confederation
Down
  1. 2. AND BALANCES – System preventing government branch dominance
  2. 3. CONVENTION – 1787 meeting to write the Constitution
  3. 5. JEFFERSON – Author of the Declaration of Independence
  4. 6. OF RIGHTS – First ten constitutional amendments
  5. 7. – Belief in government by the people
  6. 8. ACT – 1765 tax on printed goods
  7. 10. SENSE – Pamphlet convincing colonists to seek independence
  8. 12. ADAMS – Second president; strong advocate of independence
  9. 13. OF YORKTOWN – British surrender that ended major fighting
  10. 14. TEA PARTY – Colonial protest destroying British tea
  11. 16. AND CONCORD – First battles of the Revolution
  12. 17. CONTINENTAL CONGRESS – Meeting responding to the Intolerable Acts
  13. 21. DE LAFAYETTE – French ally who aided colonial forces
  14. 22. GEORGE III – British king during the American Revolution
  15. 23. MADISON – “Father of the Constitution”
  16. 24. – Colonists supporting independence