Across
- 1. Process to remove a president or official from office
- 7. Protections against discrimination
- 9. Presidential branch of government
- 10. Ceremony to swear in the president
- 11. First Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court
- 12. Monarch rejected by colonies
- 14. Lower chamber of the US Congress
- 20. Meeting that coordinated colonial resistance
- 23. Change or addition to the Constitution
- 24. Philly Ringer
- 27. Historical uprising
- 28. Site of the first shots of the Revolutionary War
- 31. Population count for representation and funding
- 34. Protest dumping British cargo into harbor
- 36. Citizens vote directly on laws or policies
- 41. Location of the colonial militia’s stockpile
- 43. Summer cookout
- 48. Opening to a historic document
- 49. Original thirteen
- 51. Protects freedom of speech and religion
- 52. Meeting of party members to choose candidates or policies
- 55. Annual presidential address to Congress
- 57. The right to vote in political elections
- 58. Bicameral Legislature
- 59. British soldiers fired into a crowd
- 61. Acronym for the wife of the president
- 62. Led troops, then the nation
- 63. Hated act requiring soldier housing, rescinded by the 3rd Amendment
- 65. Site of British surrender in 1781
- 67. Acronym for the chief executive of the US
- 68. Brutal winter encampment
- 69. The “Father of the Constitution”
- 71. Senate tactic to delay or block legislation
- 77. System for electing the president
- 78. Washington’s surprise attack after crossing the Delaware River
- 80. Nighttime display
- 81. Revolutionary War general turned infamous traitor
- 83. Represent the states
- 85. Upper chamber with equal state representation
- 87. Category of American Government
- 91. Redistribution of seats in the House based on census
- 93. Acronym for the highest court in the country
- 95. Weak first constitution
- 99. Turning point victory that secured French support
- 100. Formal agreement between nations
- 101. Legal requirement that the state must respect all legal rights owed to a person
- 102. Restrictions on how long an official can hold office
Down
- 2. His life inspired a hit Broadway musical
- 3. Ideals behind revolution
- 4. Colonists loyal to the Crown
- 5. Costly 1775 battle proving colonial resistance
- 6. President’s ability to reject bills from Congress
- 8. Freedom
- 13. Legal process to return a fugitive to another jurisdiction
- 15. Manipulating district boundaries for political advantage
- 16. Right to publish without government censorship
- 17. Framers of a new nation
- 18. Agreement that ended the Revolutionary War
- 19. Group opposing British rule through protest and resistance
- 21. Tax on paper goods that angered colonists
- 22. Colonial grievance
- 25. Congressional branch of government, known for creation and ratification of laws
- 26. Revolutionary slogan on a coiled serpent flag
- 29. Group of presidential advisors and department heads
- 30. Month of celebration
- 31. Paine’s persuasive pamphlet
- 32. Midnight messenger on horseback who proclaimed "The British are Coming!"
- 33. Total votes cast by citizens in an election
- 35. French noble who aided the American cause
- 37. Protest chant proceeding “without representation”
- 38. Colonial rapid responders
- 39. Famous for “Give me liberty or give me death”
- 40. Government of elected reps
- 42. The Declaration is located in this Philadelphia Landmark
- 44. Legal branch of government involving enforcement of laws
- 45. Guarantees individual freedoms
- 46. General pardon for offenses
- 47. British troops known for their uniforms (original: “British regulars’ nickname”)
- 50. Current officeholder running for re-election
- 53. Signed big so the king could see it
- 54. Formal written request to the government
- 56. Created as a monetary fund for the nation
- 60. Represent the original colonies
- 64. Foundational essays
- 66. Petition for peace sent to King George III
- 67. Presidential clemancy
- 70. Declaration author
- 72. System preventing any branch from becoming too powerful
- 73. Founding document
- 74. Government seizure of private property with compensation
- 75. 200th anniversary
- 76. Influencing government decisions by interest groups
- 79. Central banking system of the US
- 82. Patriotic song from the Revolution
- 84. The supreme law of the land
- 86. Alleged flag seamstress
- 88. Right to gather peacefully
- 89. Body of people eligible to vote
- 90. Founding father and diplomat in France, a kiteman of sorts
- 92. Marching celebration
- 94. Revolutionary leader and organizer of Boston Tea Party, now a famed beer
- 96. Crime of betraying one’s country, charged against some Loyalists
- 97. Symbol of the nation
- 98. Directives issued by the president, shortened