Vocabulary words
Across
- 6. top general in the continental army
- 8. desperate move by Washingon. Crosses the frozen Delaware River and attacks German Hessians
- 9. the british and french were at war in other parts of the world. This was the name of their conflict in North America
- 10. these were punishments levied by Parliament on colonists living in Boston
- 12. total control over pricing and distribution of a product
- 13. colonists who supported the war with britain
- 14. won by the british. Gave them control of NYC and its ports. Biggest battle in the war
- 15. this wa s an assembly of colonists who drafted the Articles of Confederation and Declaration of Independence
Down
- 1. won by France and the Continental Army. Britain's army surrendered. Final battle of the war
- 2. battle that took place on a hill in boston between massachusetts minutemen and british soldiers
- 3. colonists who supported the king and parliament
- 4. skirmish that erupted when colonists outside boston ambushed british soldiers. the shot heard around the world
- 5. an organized decision by a large group of people to stop buying a product
- 7. basically a declaration of war as far as Parliament and the king of England were concerned
- 11. tax on stamped paper that was to be collected from all colonists and led to calls of no taxation without representation