Across
- 1. closed the city of Boston to all commerce
- 4. organized in the colonies to keep people informed and to publish American views abroad
- 8. organized by Ethan Allen; captured Fort Ticonderoga
- 9. pamphlet by Thomas Paine detailing English liberties and the abuses of the monarchy and Parliament
- 10. patriot sea captain famous for declaring, "I have not yet begun to fight"
- 12. location of the First and Second Continental Congress
- 15. "Fighting Quaker"; defeated the British a the Battle of Cowpens by attacking and retreating
- 16. prime minister of England who sympathized with the colonists
- 18. commander of the Continental Army during the War for Independence
- 22. acts imposed by Britain in response to the Boston Tea Party
- 24. private vessels commissioned by the Congress or the state governments for use in the war
Down
- 2. colonists who remained loyal to the king and opposed the War for Independence; also called Tories
- 3. American patriot who turned traitor and joined the British
- 5. British general who surrendered at Yorktown
- 6. young French officer who assisted Washington in the War for Independence
- 7. acts imposed on the colonies by Charles Townshend to raise money for the English treasury
- 10. led the committee which drafted the Declaration of Independence
- 11. patriot general who defeated Burgoyne at Saratoga; general of the Southern Campaign
- 13. German mercenaries hired by King George III to fight for Britain
- 14. colonial militia who could be "ready in a minute" to fight the British
- 17. elected president of the Second Continental Congress
- 19. began the Committee of Corespondance
- 20. famous patriot known for the declaration "give me liberty or give me death!"
- 21. winter camp of Washington and his army where Washington lost most of his army to disease and starvation
- 23. name for the first major battle of the War for Independence; actually fought on Breed's Hill