American revolution Crossword Puzzle

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  1. 2. Hill - the first battle of the American Revolution, actually fought on Breed's Hill, next to Bunker Hill, near Boston, on June 17, 1775.
  2. 4. - a large commercial organization owned or controlled by one person or group.
  3. 5. Ticonderoga - strong military building for defence
  4. 6. used as a friendly greeting
  5. 7. of confederation - the original constitution of the US, ratified in 1781, which was replaced by the US Constitution in 1789.
  6. 11. a small hand-picked elite force which were required to be highly mobile and able to assemble quickly.
  7. 13. Burr - United States politician who served as vice president under Jefferson
  8. 15. 4th - the Continental Congress formally adopted the Declaration of Independence
  9. 17. - a card game resembling solo whist.
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  1. 1. Washington - 1st President of the United States; commander-in-chief of the Continental Army during the American Revolution (1732-1799)
  2. 3. the armed forces of a country.
  3. 4. - eurys, meaning “wide,” and ops, meaning “face” or “eye,”
  4. 5. - “land of the franks”
  5. 8. Act- regulated currency, abolishing the colonies' paper currency in favor of a system based on the pound sterling.
  6. 9. George III - The king of Britain during the American Revolutionary War
  7. 10. york - in honor of the Duke of York, brother of Charles II.
  8. 12. - engage in a war.
  9. 14. America - continent containing the United States, Canada, Greenland, Mexico, and Central America.
  10. 15. Jay- United States diplomat and jurist who negotiated peace treaties with Britain and served as the first chief justice of the United States Supreme Court
  11. 16. Taxation Without - a opulace that is required to pay taxes to a government authority without having any say in that government's policies.