The American Revolution

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Across
  1. 3. Those who opposed independence and remained loyal to the British king.
  2. 6. General who helped capture Charles Town, South Carolina in May 1780.
  3. 8. Signed in September 1783, that confirmed U.S. independence and set boundaries of the new nation.
  4. 9. Taxes imposed on printed items and document.
  5. 11. A pamphlet written by Thomas Paine.
  6. 12. A peninsula between the James and York rivers.
Down
  1. 1. Rebels dumped 18,000 pounds of tea in the Boston Harbor.
  2. 2. Battle in Pennsylvania, where more then 2,000 soldiers died.
  3. 4. Taxes placed on items such as sugar.
  4. 5. Virginia lawyer who was chosen to prepare the final draft of a Declaration of Independence.
  5. 7. Those who supported independence.
  6. 10. Key enlightenment thinker who maintained people had natural rights.