U.S History

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Across
  1. 4. Jefferson/Wrote the Declaration of Independence
  2. 6. Acts/Series of laws passed to punish Boston for the Tea Party
  3. 8. and Indian war/War fought in the colonies between the English and the French for possession for land in the Americas. The English won.
  4. 9. Franklin/American intellectual, inventor, and politician He helped to negotiate French support for the American Revolution.
  5. 11. Act(1765)/law that taxed printed goods, including: playing cards, documents, newspapers, etc.
  6. 12. Sense by Thomas Paine/writing that inspired colonists to break away from England
  7. 13. and Daughters of Liberty/Organizations that led protests, helped American soldiers, instated a boycott, and generally resisted the British.
Down
  1. 1. Revolution/Proclamation of 1763
  2. 2. of Paris/This treaty ended the American Revolutionary War, recognized the independence of the United States as a separate country, and granted the colonies the territory from the southern border of Canada to the northern border of Florida, and from the Atlantic coast to the Mississippi River
  3. 3. Act/Required colonists to house and feed British soldiers in their homes
  4. 5. Washington/1st President of the United States; commander-in-chief of the Continental Army during the American Revolution (1732-1799)
  5. 7. of Independence/It declared the 13 colonies independent from Britain, offered reasons for the separation and explained why the Revolution was fought.
  6. 9. von Steuben/Prussian soldier who helped train American forces at Valley Forge in the American Revolutionary War.
  7. 10. Adams/America's first Vice-President and second President