Era of Revolution pt. 1

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Across
  1. 2. The Sons of Liberty protested the Stamp Act in ______, N.C.
  2. 6. A group of colonists that joined together into a group to put an end to the stamp tax.
  3. 8. to stop buying something to make a point or statement
  4. 10. The Townshend Acts were passed the same year that construction began on ______.
  5. 13. Being free within a society from oppressive restrictions imposed by authority on one’s way of life, behavior, or political views.
  6. 14. law-making government of Great Britain, made up of elected representatives and appointed leaders who had the power to create laws, raise taxes, and make decisions for the British Empire
  7. 15. taxed all British imports to the colonies to pay for British officals' salaries
  8. 18. the violent killing of many people, especially when they are unarmed or unable to defend themselves
  9. 19. a person who plans and designs buildings, deciding how they should look and how they should be built
  10. 20. Money people must pay to the government so it can provide services and take care of the community.
  11. 21. lack of stamp sales in N.C. and British Parliament repealing the Stamp Act are two ______ of the colonists’ protest activities.
  12. 22. The French & Indian War was fought over _____.
Down
  1. 1. During the ______, British troops fired into a group of protesting colonists and killed 5 people.
  2. 3. to bring goods into a country
  3. 4. king’s chosen leader who ran the colony, enforced laws, and made sure the colony followed Britain’s rules
  4. 5. related to one’s own country or to the home, referring to things that happen within a nation or within a household, rather than involving outside countries or places
  5. 7. The refusal to purchase British imports after the Townshend Acts passed was called the ____ movement.
  6. 9. did not join in on public protests and riots; instead, they focused their political efforts on the affairs of the home
  7. 11. focused on creating domestically spun cotton and wool and refusing to purchase imported silks and British spun textiles
  8. 12. Many colonists felt like there should not be taxation without _______.
  9. 16. taxed printed documents such as newspapers, college diplomas, and even playing cards.
  10. 17. In _____, N.C., armed citizens forced British officials to take an oath promising not to enforce the Stamp Act unless the continental assembly approved it.