Revolutionary War Project: Category 2, Option 1
Across
- 4. _____ _____ War; also known as the French and Indian War
- 5. Something sought over heavily by colonizers, along with riches, spread of belief, and fame. ____ of the Free
- 7. A heavy dispute or serious disagreement; obviously common and rampant during the Colonial times
- 12. The oldest city in Georgia
- 13. Controlled by the Spanish until 1763 in which it was given up to England and the colonies no longer were threatened from the South
- 16. The controversial ____________ of 1763 which tried to avoid conflicts and forbid colonists from entering Indian land- which backfired
- 17. Led a Georgian militia attack of a British encampment; remembered for his heroic actions and regarded as a Georgian Hero
- 19. Led a Georgian militia attack of a British encampment; his partner was #3
- 22. A group that sided with the French during a British/French war; the Proclomation of 1763 aimed to avoid conflict with them
- 23. Casimir _______ who was a famous Polish soldier that died in a calvary charge during the Seige of Savannah
- 25. He commanded a French Fleet which was to attack British Savannah in 1779
Down
- 1. Controlled the colonies and imposed unfair taxes upon them; America gained independence from them
- 2. Lost a war which is widely considered a cause of the American Revolution against the British
- 3. The place of an important American victory for Georgia as it raised morale, gave the colony much-needed supplies, and set the stage for several victories.
- 6. ______ of Paris 1763 in which France gave up all of its North American colonies, and Spanish Florida was given to England
- 7. The Thirteen ________
- 8. Disapproved of American independence
- 9. An act in 1765 that required the colonists to buy a stamp for almost every paper document; an unfair extortion of tithes to help pay for the expenses of a French/British war
- 10. Power; something that was exercised heavily on the colonies and their residents by the British
- 11. Approved of American independence
- 14. An extortion of tithes that was imposed unfairly on the colonists as a way to pay for the expenses of a British war
- 15. The 1779 _____ of Savannah; a military operation in which enemy forces surround their target and try to force them to surrender
- 18. Colonial settlements were to be built and maintained east of these Mountains; the Proclamation of 1763 forbade colonists from settling west of them
- 20. The country that colonized Florida and was disliked by the British and feared by the Colonists
- 21. A formal collection of battles with one side claiming victory or ending in a draw; French and Indian ___
- 24. A forcible overthrow of a government; a movement the colonists were participating in against the British
- 26. American Land in which the French and Indian war spilled over into