Unit 2 Vocab
Across
- 3. independent of England on July 4, 1776.
- 5. the last battle of the Revolutionary War, fought in Yorktown VA, where the British army
- 9. the British army at the Battle of Lexington and Concord
- 11. a person, or a group of people, who remain neutral in foreign affairs
- 13. God
- 14. the political theory that individuals have undeniable basic rights given to them by nature
- 15. and fight for independence.
- 17. American colonists who were ready to fight at a minute’s notice. These soldiers fought
- 19. British law passed in 1756 that imposed a tax on all printed materials; contributed to the
- 21. a time of great philosophical thought and scientific invention in Europe, during the 18th
- 22. this pamphlet, authored by Thomas Paine and published in 1776, inspired colonists to
Down
- 1. a series of laws passed by the British in 1774 enacted to punish colonists for the Boston
- 2. colonists who remained loyal to Great Britain, during the American Revolution. Also known as
- 4. American revolutionary leader; author of Common Sense
- 6. Party
- 7. the philosophical concept expressing the balance sought in the system of government
- 8. the act by which Continental Congress declared the colonies to be free
- 10. an agreement for mutual benefit between an individual, group, or community and its
- 12. of the Revolutionary War
- 16. sole control of the supply of a good or service
- 18. colonists who called for independence from Great Britain, during the American Revolution.
- 20. the United States