Unit 2 Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 4. this meeting, the representatives agreed that the colonies should work together to boycott British
  2. 5. God
  3. 8. a time of great philosophical thought and scientific invention in Europe, during the 18th
  4. 11. Acts, a series of laws passed by the British in 1774 enacted to punish colonists for the Boston
  5. 13. Massacre, a riot that occurred on March 5, 1770 in the city of Boston when colonists confronted
  6. 19. American colonists who were ready to fight at a minute’s notice. These soldiers fought
  7. 20. colonists who remained loyal to Great Britain, during the American Revolution. Also known as
  8. 22. liberty, the philosophical concept expressing the balance sought in the system of government
  9. 24. Continental Congress, gathering of delegates from twelve of the thirteen original colonies in 1754.
  10. 27. the social contract
  11. 28. goods.
  12. 29. the United States
  13. 33. Jefferson, author of the Declaration of Independence; third president of the United States of
  14. 34. Cornwallis, British general who surrendered at the Battle of Yorktown in 1781
Down
  1. 1. a person, or a group of people, who remain neutral in foreign affairs
  2. 2. troops and the troops fired upon and killed several colonists.
  3. 3. Sense, this pamphlet, authored by Thomas Paine and published in 1776, inspired colonists to
  4. 6. of Independence, the act by which Continental Congress declared the colonies to be free
  5. 7. the British army at the Battle of Lexington and Concord
  6. 9. Locke, English philosopher from the Enlightenment period; developed the idea of natural rights
  7. 10. Party
  8. 12. rights, the political theory that individuals have undeniable basic rights given to them by nature
  9. 14. Henry, Founding father from Virginia who was famous for saying “Give me liberty or give me
  10. 15. chests of tea into the harbor in protests against British taxes on tea.
  11. 16. Years War.
  12. 17. and Concord, first military confrontation of the Revolutionary War; this battle occurred in
  13. 18. sole control of the supply of a good or service
  14. 21. independent of England on July 4, 1776.
  15. 23. and fight for independence.
  16. 25. on April 19, 1775, between colonial minutemen and British soldiers.
  17. 26. opposed ratification of the United States Constitution
  18. 30. Howe, Commander in chief of the British army during the American Revolutionary War.
  19. 31. Tea Party, an event where colonists, disguised as Indians, boarded three ships and tossed several
  20. 32. and Indian War, a war between England and France between 1754 and 1763; also known as the