Revolutionary War Crossword #13
Across
- 1. A person who loves, supports and defends his or her own country and it’s interests with devotion
- 4. A body of citizen soldiers as distinguished from professional soldiers
- 5. A member of a group of American militiamen just before and during the Revolutionary War who held themselves in readiness for instant military service.
- 9. A place of storage or a magazine containing arms and military equipment for land or naval service
- 11. The income of a government from taxation
- 14. A person who remained loyal to the British during the American Revolution
- 15. Sudden unexpected attacks carried out by an unofficial military group or groups that are trying to change the government by assaults on the armed forces
- 17. A member of the armed forces lost to service through death, wounds, sickness, capture, or because his or her whereabouts or condition cannot be determined
- 18. a formally drawn request, often bearing the names of a number of those making the request
- 19. To confirm by expressing consent, approval, or formal sanction
- 21. To abstain from buying or using
Down
- 1. The introductory part of a statute, deed, or the like, stating the reasons and intent of what follows
- 2. A new member of a group, organization, or the like
- 3. The deliberate spreading of such information or rumors
- 6. Working or acting merely for money or other reward
- 7. An armed ship that is privately owned and manned
- 8. A region so arid because of little rainfall that it supports only sparse and widely spread vegetation or no vegetation at all
- 10. Any obstruction of passage or progress
- 12. To revoke or withdraw formally or officially
- 13. a persistent, substantial rise in the general level of prices related to an increase in the volume of money and resulting in the loss of value of currency
- 16. A decision or determination
- 18. A person who believes in pacifism or is opposed to war or to violence of any kind
- 20. An act or instance of lying concealed as to attack by surprise
- 22. An official list or table showing the duties or customs imposed by a government on imports or exports