Independence Day

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Across
  1. 2. Country that helps another country achieve a common goal
  2. 4. A lawyer that defended the Redcoats
  3. 7. A way to protest against the tea act
  4. 8. Patriots spent a cold winter
  5. 14. African who fell at the boston massacre
  6. 18. British general
  7. 19. Men ready to act and fight in a 'minutes' notice
  8. 20. Where the patriots dumped the tea
  9. 22. Small bands of hit and run fighters used to weaken the enemy
  10. 25. Free, on your own
  11. 28. An overall plan of action
  12. 29. Led the sons of liberty
Down
  1. 1. Frenchman who helped patriots
  2. 3. Helped draft and signed the Declaration of Independence
  3. 5. Wrote common sense
  4. 6. Commander of patriot forces
  5. 9. Shot heard around the world
  6. 10. A privately owned ship approved by government during wartime
  7. 11. Forced colonists to house british soldiers
  8. 12. First signer of the declaration of independence
  9. 13. Those who supported the British
  10. 15. A secret society to oppose British colonies
  11. 16. German who trained patriot soldiers
  12. 17. A professional soldier hired to fight for a foreign country
  13. 21. A meeting
  14. 23. Made a midnight ride
  15. 24. Cannon and large gun
  16. 26. Those who sided with the rebels
  17. 27. A law that placed tax on sugar, molasses, and other product