VA history module 2

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Across
  1. 2. SENSE – The 48-page booklet written by Thomas Paine to argue for independence.
  2. 9. – The philosopher whose ideas on sovereignty influenced Thomas Jefferson’s writing.
  3. 10. – Despite being outnumbered, the Continental Army's strength was that they were ______ in a common goal.
  4. 11. – The Commander in Chief of the Continental Army chosen by the Second Congress.
  5. 12. PAINE – English-born author who immigrated to America in 1774 and wrote influential pamphlets.
  6. 13. – The number of years the conflict involving American Indians and the French lasted.
  7. 14. – The name of the Army formed by the colonists to fight the British.
  8. 15. – Enlightenment thinker who proposed the separation of powers in "The Spirit of the Laws."
Down
  1. 1. – The primary author of the Declaration of Independence.
  2. 3. RIVER – The valley that France and England competed to colonize in the 1750s.
  3. 4. – The 1700s era of philosophical thought and scientific discovery.
  4. 5. – The New York fort captured by the Continental Army early in the war.
  5. 6. – The name of the Acts the British refused to repeal, leading to the Second Congress.
  6. 7. – The city where the Second Continental Congress met in May 1775.
  7. 8. – The financial state of the British after the French and Indian War, leading to new taxes.
  8. 9. – A colonist who chose to remain loyal to Britain rather than rebel (inferred from "stay loyal").