Fourth of July

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Across
  1. 2. First casualty of the Boston Massacre.
  2. 5. The number of the 13 colonies that fought in the Revolutionary War.
  3. 7. This Rhode Island capital was founded on July 4th, 1636.
  4. 9. The name of the man who was the president of the 2nd Continental Congress.
  5. 11. Continental Army soldiers were known as these kind of men.
  6. 12. The document signed on July 4th, 1776.
  7. 15. Last names of the two presidents that died on July 4th, 1826 hours apart.
  8. 17. City where Cornwallis surrendered to Washington.
  9. 18. Winter encampment in Pennsylvania where Washington camped with the Continental Army.
  10. 20. Creator of the first American flag.
Down
  1. 1. What type of plant was George Washington said to have cut down?
  2. 3. Structure that was officially given to the USA by France on July 4th, 1884.
  3. 4. First state to ratify the Constitution and become the first official state of the USA.
  4. 6. The famous author of The Scarlet Letter was born in Salem, MA on July 4th, 1804.
  5. 8. Civil war general moved his army from Gettysburg, PA on July 4th, 1863.
  6. 10. What disease did Washington have the Continental Army inoculated from during the Revolutionary War?
  7. 13. Name of the substance thrown into Boston Harbor as a protest to a tax.
  8. 14. The battleground that inspired the Star Spangled Banner.
  9. 16. The German mercenaries that fought alongside the British army.
  10. 19. A Revolutionary War general’s last name who defected to the British and whose name is another term for a traitor.