Across
- 3. supporters of the constitution and a strong federal government
- 7. required colonists to provide food and living quarters for British soldiers
- 13. created by Samuel Adams;kept alive the view that the British were undermining colonial liberties
- 14. supported a weak central government
- 15. corrected the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation
- 16. Bostonians harassed British troops resulting in the Troops firing into the crowd, killing 5
- 19. developed by Ben Franklin and provided for colonial defense
- 20. colonial response to Britain's alarming threats to their liberties
Down
- 1. separated the government into 3 branches: Legislative, Judicial, and Executive
- 2. first form of American government that provided for an intentionally weak central governement
- 4. listed specific grievances against the British government and expressed basic principles that justified revolution
- 5. gave women more political power as they could teach their children the values of the new republic
- 6. Enlightenment idea of an agreement among people to form a government to promote liberty and equality
- 8. officially recognized the bounds and independence of the United States
- 9. written by Thomas Paine; argued that the colonies should become independent states and break all political ties with Britian
- 10. a secret society organized to intimidate tax agents
- 11. colonists disgusted as Native Americans dumped 342 chests of tea into the Boston Harbor
- 12. wrote Letters From a Farmer in Pennsylvania that argued for colonial representation in Parliament
- 17. placed a tariff on all paper products in the colonies in an effort to raise funds for the British Military
- 18. contained amendments that protected individual liberties