US History Module 4 Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 3. The Peace agreement in which Great Britain recognized the Independence of the U.S.
  2. 5. Enslaved Black American who worked as a spy for the Continental Army and helped during the battle of Yorktown
  3. 7. Last major battle of the American Revolution
  4. 8. Boston leader who believed parliament could not tax the colonists without permission.
  5. 10. Frenchman who volunteered to serve in the Continental Army without pay
  6. 12. Main author of the Declaration of Independence
  7. 15. Incident where British soldiers shot into a crowd killing five people.
  8. 19. Document that argued why the colonies should come together formally and announced their break from Great Britian
  9. 20. British Army officer who surrendered in the battle of Yorktown
  10. 21. Author of the book Common Sense
  11. 22. Laws passed to punish colonists for the Boston Tea Party
Down
  1. 1. Incident where a lot of colonists dumped chests of tea into the Boston Harbor
  2. 2. Battle won by the Patriots against Hessian Mercenaries
  3. 4. Prussian military officer who trained the Continental Army
  4. 6. American Naval Officer who served in the Continental Army
  5. 9. British soldiers who fought colonists in the American Revolution
  6. 11. A meeting of delegates from 12 colonies in Philadelphia in May 1775
  7. 13. Victory for American forces in which British General John Burgoyne surrendered his entire army to American General Horatio Gates
  8. 14. Patriot leader who commanded the Continental Army.
  9. 16. A battle in Boston where colonists fought the British Army
  10. 17. American colonists who chose to fight for Independence
  11. 18. Military officer who served during the French and Indian war
  12. 20. A 47 Page book that argued against British rule over America