Across
- 4. — Name for the 18th-century movement emphasizing reason, science, and individual rights that influenced colonists.
- 8. — A word meaning freedom; a value many colonists wanted.
- 10. — Information spread to influence opinions, often used before the Revolution to persuade colonists.
- 11. — French philosopher whose ideas about the "general will" and social contract influenced revolutionary thinking.
- 12. — A system where governmental power is not absolute and is restrained by laws or checks.
- 13. — A colonist who supported independence from Britain.
Down
- 1. — A short printed booklet used to spread ideas and persuade readers (think Thomas Paine).
- 2. — The 1787 meeting where delegates met to discuss and create a nation's founding rules.
- 3. — Rights people are born with, like life and liberty, that thinkers like Locke described.
- 5. — To forbid or make illegal — what some British laws did to colonial actions.
- 6. — English philosopher who argued people have rights to life, liberty, and property.
- 7. — Author who wrote a persuasive pamphlet urging independence in 1776.
- 9. — A pamphlet title meaning basic practical judgment; used to argue for independence.
- 12. — A colonist who remained loyal to the British crown during tensions before the Revolution.