Across
- 1. Principle stating that governments exist only with the permission of the governed
- 5. Group that prioritized national stability even if it meant a stronger central government
- 6. Protest that showed colonists were willing to destroy property to resist British authority
- 10. Laws that convinced many undecided colonists that Britain wanted control not cooperation
- 11. Taxes that increased colonial belief that Britain was abusing its power
- 12. Law that made many colonists see Britain as unfair by taxing everyday items
Down
- 2. Belief that certain rights cannot be taken away by any government
- 3. British action that angered colonists by restricting western land they believed they had earned
- 4. Issue that symbolized colonists having laws imposed without political voice
- 7. Group that feared tyranny and demanded protections for individual freedoms
- 8. Document that transformed colonial complaints into a demand for independence
- 9. Event used by Patriots to argue that British troops were a threat to colonial freedom
