US History Unit 2 Crossword Puzzle
Across
- 1. Document declaring freedom from Great Britain
- 5. First attempt to create a National Government
- 7. First person to die during the Revolution at the Boston Massacre, was also a African American
- 9. Second President of the United States
- 10. An act that taxed on printed materials like paper
- 11. Thomas Paine's pamphlet advocating independence
- 13. Leader of the Sons of Liberty
- 15. A treaty agreement that officially ended the war
- 16. President of the Continental Congress
- 17. The final major battle of the war
- 20. A huge movement influencing revolutionary thoughts (Another one was made in 1795)
- 21. The battle that gave the 13 Colonies an advantage during the Revolutionary War
- 22. A militia ready for action or battle at anytime
- 23. Agreement on how to count slaves for representation
- 24. Father of the Constitution
- 25. A patriot group that made protests over British monarchy or taxes
- 26. A system to prevent one branch of government from becoming too powerful
- 29. First Secretary of the Treasury
- 30. A state of division of power between national and state governments
Down
- 2. The convention to draft a new government
- 3. The commander of the Continental Army
- 4. Major diplomat and also a father of the Declaration of Independence
- 6. The rebellion uprising of farmers in Massachusetts
- 8. Major protest against taxes at Boston Harbor
- 12. Author of the Declaration of Independence
- 14. Government based on elected representatives
- 18. A massacre that 5 colonists were killed by British soldiers
- 19. The main colonial governing body
- 27. Known for a famous quote "Give me liberty, or give me death!"
- 28. A document of the first ten amendments to the Constitution