Across
- 2. River valley fought over by Britain and France
- 5. Site of one of the first battles of the Revolution (with Lexington)
- 7. John Hancock’s is the biggest one on the Declaration
- 8. Number of original American colonies
- 11. Leader of the Green Mountain Boys who captured Fort Ticonderoga
- 12. City of the Tea Party protest
- 15. Led the Continental Army and became the first U.S. president
- 17. Site of a skirmish that helped start the French and Indian War
- 19. Wrote the Declaration of Independence
- 21. One cause of the Revolution; Britain raised these on the colonies
- 22. A common colonial-era firearm
- 23. George Washington’s Virginia home, Mount ____
- 25. A loose union of states, as in the first U.S. government
- 27. The introduction to the U.S. Constitution
- 28. Early English settler who came to America in 1620
- 29. Early battle site where young George Washington fought
- 30. British general who surrendered at Yorktown
- 31. Powerful Native American confederation in the Northeast
Down
- 1. Native American nation living in the southeastern U.S.
- 3. Rights that cannot be taken away
- 4. Last name of both the 2nd president and a key independence leader
- 5. Type of Congress that met during the Revolution
- 6. Nickname for British soldiers
- 7. A British tax on paper goods that angered colonists
- 9. Country that helped America win the Revolution
- 10. The first ten amendments to the Constitution
- 13. Secret agents who gathered information during the war
- 14. Made a famous midnight ride to warn the colonists
- 16. 1783 agreement that ended the Revolutionary War
- 18. Philosopher who inspired ideas of natural rights
- 20. Helped write the Federalist Papers; first Secretary of the Treasury
- 24. King of England during the American Revolution
- 25. Secret messages were often written in this form
- 26. The first capital of the United States