American Revolution Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 2. Coming from another country
  2. 3. Cruel ruler who holds total power over a country
  3. 7. Chosen or forced removal of military forces
  4. 8. How a society makes, buys, sells and uses goods and services
  5. 11. Idea that a nation's power and wealth depended on accumulating as much gold and silver as possible
  6. 14. Money owed
  7. 16. A resistance against an established government or ruler
  8. 18. A soldier who is killed or missing during a battle
  9. 21. Shutting off a port or city with ships to prevent supplies from reaching a city
  10. 22. A formal, written, and legally binding agreement between countries
  11. 24. American colonist who fought for independence from Great Britain
  12. 25. To provide help or support
  13. 26. A good or service brought in from another country
  14. 28. Anything that happens within a country's own borders
  15. 30. Group of ordinary citizens who trained as part-time soldiers to defend their towns
  16. 31. Large firearms, such as cannons, that required a team of soldiers
Down
  1. 1. Not taking either side
  2. 4. Formal agreement or treaty between two nations
  3. 5. Young colonial soldiers ready to fight and protect their community "at a minute's notice"
  4. 6. Where ships unload their cargo and/or passengers
  5. 9. System of government where power is given to the people
  6. 10. To move goods in or out of a country secretly
  7. 12. To formally enroll in the military
  8. 13. Betrayal of one's own country or ruler by helping its enemies or trying to overthrow the government
  9. 15. Freedom from tyrannical rule
  10. 17. A person who commits treason
  11. 19. Military strategy of cutting off a city from its supplies
  12. 20. American colonist who remained faithful to King George III
  13. 23. A good or service being sent to another country
  14. 27. Tax given by the government on imported goods
  15. 29. System of government where a king or queen holds power