Revolutionary war

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Across
  1. 8. What America wanted from Great Britain
  2. 10. famous general and 1st president of united states
  3. 15. The amount of states in the us after it was colonized
  4. 17. The land with the 13 colonies
  5. 18. The colonists did this to start the revolt against the
  6. 22. A shy man from Virginia who played a crucial role in signing the declaration of independence
  7. 23. To discuss or argue and issue that must be settled
  8. 25. the wife of Abigail Adams
  9. 26. The government can do this to put in new laws or taxes
  10. 27. to destroy or ruin something
  11. 29. Something that is basic and needed
  12. 31. A course of action taken by the government
Down
  1. 1. A paper people sign. If the paper gets enough signatures it can be sent to the government for them to pass a law.
  2. 2. What did America want from Great Britain
  3. 3. The rights that everybody is born with
  4. 4. The _____ Tea Party
  5. 5. King of England
  6. 6. What the British did when they knew the would never win the war
  7. 7. To put limits on something
  8. 9. A person sent to represent others
  9. 11. Another word for war
  10. 12. The Man who wrote Common Sense
  11. 13. The sort of dust that was used in guns and cannons to fire the weapon.
  12. 14. The people who are in charge have this
  13. 16. The people who lived in the 13 colonies
  14. 19. the book that Thomas Paine wrote that persuaded the American colonists
  15. 20. The article written to declare Americas independence from Britain. Signed on July 4th
  16. 21. Leader for the colonists at the battle of Bunker hill
  17. 24. Someone in power who uses their power for wrong
  18. 28. The Americans had a small army which was known as a
  19. 30. A gun that both colonists and Redcoats used during the wars