Across
- 3. to formally discuss an issue
- 4. a formal, written request made to an official person or organization
- 6. a course of action taken by a government
- 8. to supply or make available
- 10. a pamphlet published in 1776 by Thomas Paine that persuaded many American colonists to support independence
- 11. a system of government in which the power to govern belongs to the people
- 14. the chance that something will happen
- 15. rights common to everyone, as opposed to those given by law
- 16. the government or controlling power
- 17. a nation that joins another nation in some common effort, such as fighting a war
- 18. a violent attempt to resist or overthrow the government or another authority
- 21. Revolution the struggle of the colonies in North America to gain their independence from Great Britain
- 22. basic
Down
- 1. a small army made up of ordinary citizens who are trained to fight in an emergency
- 2. to express ideas or feelings in a way that is moving and well-spoken
- 5. to put in place by authority, such a law, tax, or punishment
- 7. to refuse to buy one or more goods from a certain source. An organized refusal by many people is also called a boycott.
- 9. an overall plan, such as for winning a war
- 12. to take back, or to cancel, a law
- 13. very important or necessary
- 19. freedom from control by another government or country
- 20. the American army during the American Revolution