Ch.4 The American Revolution

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Across
  1. 1. Display of patriotism by the Daughters of Liberty
  2. 3. Allowed for the sale of a British import directly to shopkeepers
  3. 5. It's where the government gets its power
  4. 8. Legalized the use of writs of assistance
  5. 10. Resulted in the first large-scale boycott in the colonies
  6. 15. Disputed territory leading to the French and Indian War
  7. 18. Colonists who sided with King George III
  8. 19. The process of voluntarily freeing
  9. 21. Prevented colonists from settling west of the Appalachian Mountains
  10. 23. Port city gained by Spain after the French and Indian War
  11. 25. The most successful form of colonial protest
  12. 29. Intended to punish the people of MA
  13. 33. Colonial Patriots trained to fight at a moment's notice
  14. 35. Formed to keep colonists informed about British activities
  15. 37. Likely the first casualty of the Boston Massacre
  16. 38. Hated British ship tasked with enforcing the Navigation Acts, ultimately destroyed by colonists
Down
  1. 2. Also known as the French and Indian War
  2. 4. Repealed after the Boston Massacre
  3. 6. Divisive issue stricken from the first draft of the Declaration
  4. 7. The first country to recognize American independence
  5. 9. Authored Letters from a Pennsylvania Farmer
  6. 11. Last colonial attempt at a peaceful solution with Britain
  7. 12. French ally during the French and Indian War
  8. 13. Surprise attack by Washington on German Hessians on Christmas
  9. 14. Early attempt at colonial unity; encouraged by Ben Franklin
  10. 16. Location of the "shot heard 'round the world"
  11. 17. Final battle of the American Revolution
  12. 20. Early act that allowed British government to seize goods without due process
  13. 22. "No taxation without ____________"
  14. 24. His ideas strongly influences Thomas Jefferson's writing of the Declaration of Independence
  15. 26. banned the use of paper money in the colonies
  16. 27. Became the western border of the U.S. following the Revolution
  17. 28. States that Parliament could make all laws binding the American colonies "in all cases whatsoever"
  18. 30. 1st direct tax placed on the colonists
  19. 31. European philosophical movement that influenced the ideas of the Revolution
  20. 32. coupled with the Coercive Acts, they made up the "Intolerable Acts"
  21. 34. Ottowa chief who led an uprising against British settlers
  22. 36. Considered the turning point of the American Revolution