Across
- 2. To refuse to buy or use something as an act of protest
- 5. The law that forced the colonists to buy special stamps for newspapers, wills, and other documents to help pay debts accrued protecting the colonies during the Seven Years' War and Pontiac's War
- 6. To do away with something
- 7. Benjamin Franklin's slogan urging colonists to unite
- 10. An American politician who, inspired by the League of Iroquois, encouraged English colonists to join together
- 12. A war between the English and the Native Americans in the land the English took from the French in the Seven Years' War
- 14. To change
- 15. The act of working to gain or accomplish something
- 16. Also called the French and Indian War; a war between the French and English empires over land in the Midwest (the English drove the French out)
- 17. A fee placed on certain things to increase expenses for the government
- 19. A person who represents others, especially in a conference or convention
- 21. An army of citizens, not trained soldiers
- 22. A material used for writing made from animal skin
- 23. To provide
Down
- 1. A group of colonists who protested laws, boycotted taxed goods, attacked British officials, and disguised themselves as Native Americans to dump tea into the Boston Harbor
- 3. A law that forced colonists to pay a tax on tea
- 4. The idea that colonists had to pay taxes, but they didn't get a say in their government
- 8. The meeting at which Benjamin Franklin urged the British colonies in North America to join together for their own safety and defense (he failed to persuade them)
- 9. What England gained from its colonies worldwide
- 10. A fight between colonists and British guards that led to the guards shooting and killing 5 colonists
- 11. A settlement or territory under the control of another nation
- 13. Requiring no explanation or proof
- 18. Unable to be taken away
- 20. A group of countries ruled by a single power