Us History Module 4 Crossword

8. an incident in which British soldiers fired into a crowd of colonists, killing five people
13. A great victory for the American forces in which British general John Burgese surrendered his entire army
14. British soldiers who fought against the colonists
16. The peace agreement in which Great Britain recognized the independence of the U.S.
17. A battle won by the Patriots against Hessian mercenaries
19. A British Army officer, whig politician, and colonial administrator
20. A protest against the Tea Act in which a group of colonists boarded British tea ships and dumped more than 340 chests off into Boston Harbor
21. A 47-page pamphlet that argued against British rule over America
22. The last major battle of the American Revolution
23. Patriot leader who commanded the Continental army and became the first president of the U.S.

1. Laws passed to punish colonists for the Boston Tea Party
2. The document that announced the colonists break from Great Britain
3. A meeting of delegates from 12 colonies in Philadelphia in May 1775
4. A battle in Boston that showed the colonists could fight well against the British army
5. The main author of the Declaration of Independence
6. A naval officer who served in the Continental Navy
7. Author of Common Sense who wrote that citizens, not monarchs, should make laws
9. Was an American military officer, planter, and politician
10. An enslaved Black American who worked as a spy and provided information that gave the Continental Army an advantage at Yorktown
11. A Prussian military officer who trained the Continental Army
12. A French man who volunteered to serve in the Continental Army without pay and used his own money and influence to support the Patriots
15. American colonists who chose to fight for independence
18. Boston leader who believed Parliament could not tax the colonists without their permission