Causes of the American Revolution

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Across
  1. 2. Harsh laws passed to punish Massachusetts after colonial protests.
  2. 5. Tax specifically on tea that angered colonists.
  3. 6. Economic activity involving farming and trade in the colonies
  4. 7. The act of refusing to buy British goods as protest.
  5. 8. Introduction to the Declaration; states why colonists want independence
  6. 9. Revolutionary event where colonists dumped British tea into Boston Harbor.
  7. 10. The conflict over control and territory between colonists and Native Americans
  8. 11. Life,liberty, and Property
  9. 14. British law forbidding colonists to settle west of the Appalachian Mountains (1763)
  10. 16. Complaints against King George III listed in the Declaration
  11. 17. Native American groups had these with the colonies for land and trade.
Down
  1. 1. Idea that people give power to the government in return for protection
  2. 3. Group of five men tasked with drafting the Declaration of Independence.
  3. 4. The document declaring the colonies' freedom from Britain
  4. 12. Enlightenment philosopher whose ideas influenced the Declaration of Independence.
  5. 13. Tax on printed materials that angered colonists.
  6. 15. Pamphlet by Thomas Paine urging independence from Britain