American Revolution

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Across
  1. 3. ______ the Third: King of England during the American Revolution (Also the first name of a Curious monkey)
  2. 4. Home of the First Continental Congress (Also city that is home to the NFL team the Eagles)
  3. 6. An act that increased tax on all legal documents and print media (these are placed on envelopes)
  4. 8. Thomas ________: Wrote the first draft of the Declaration of Indipendence
  5. 10. Famous General during the Revolution and first president of the United state.
  6. 12. Paul _____: Famously would ride to Concord to warn them that the British were coming (Also a Noah Kahan Song)
  7. 14. How many colonies made up America at this point (a famously unlucky number)
  8. 15. _______ Arnold: American General that would dessert the USA military and join the british army (Breakfast meal with hollandaise, egg, ham, on an English muffin)
  9. 16. _____ Riot: Customs officials were harrased by mobs of people in Boston (Hint: Statue of _____)
  10. 17. ______ of Liberty: An organization formed to boycottt taxes being placed on the colonies (Hint: opposite of daughters)
Down
  1. 1. ______ Tea Party: Fifty men boarded British trade ships and dumped 90,000 pounds of tea into the harbour (Hint: This city is the home of the Bruins)
  2. 2. Tax named after a sweet white powder (put tax on textiles, wine, coffee, indigo as well)
  3. 5. Alexander _______: Founding Father helped draft the constitution, created the American finnancial system (name of a very famous musical)
  4. 7. ______ Coat: slang for british soldiers in the Revolutionary war (Primary Colour)
  5. 9. ______ Branch Petition: a peition sent to Charles III to try and bring back peace to the colonies (Salty vegetable both Green and Black)
  6. 11. Benjamin ______: Founding Father of the USA who was an inventor, politician, and printer (Invented the lightning rod and eyeglasses)
  7. 13. Saying used commonly in the revolution "No Taxation without ______"