Lecture #2: The Limits of Empire

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Across
  1. 3. Pennsylvania writer who defended colonial rights in Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania
  2. 6. British leader whose government supported repeal of the Stamp Act
  3. 10. Duties placed on glass, lead, paint, paper, and tea
  4. 11. British leader whose government supported repeal of most of the Townshend duties
  5. 12. Groups established to coordinate resistance and communication between colonial opponents of British policy
  6. 15. Virginia writer who argued that colonists retained the rights of British citizens and could tax themselves through their own assemblies
  7. 17. British official who headed the northern department of the Office of Indian Superintendent
  8. 19. 1764 law that altered duties on trade and strengthened enforcement against smuggling
  9. 21. Virginia politician who introduced resolutions protesting the Stamp Act in 1765
  10. 22. Massachusetts radical who became involved with the Sons of Liberty
  11. 24. Native American leader whose resistance to British rule erupted in 1763
  12. 26. Boston stamp distributor whose home was attacked by opponents of the Stamp Act
  13. 30. General search warrants used by customs officials to locate smuggled goods
  14. 31. British policy of lax enforcement of imperial regulations before 1763
  15. 32. Boston customs official who requested British troops to help enforce customs laws
  16. 33. British general who replaced Amherst and resumed the practice of giving gifts to Native Americans
  17. 34. Boston merchant who headed a committee supporting non-importation of British goods
  18. 35. Colonial strategy of refusing to purchase British goods as a form of economic pressure
  19. 36. British statesman who defended the colonists' claim that their assemblies alone could impose taxes for revenue
  20. 38. Bostonian who helped lead the crowd that confronted British troops on March 5, 1770
Down
  1. 1. Women's organization that supported resistance through non-importation and nonconsumption
  2. 2. Secretary of State for the Colonies who ordered Massachusetts to retract its circular protesting British taxation
  3. 4. Boston radical who led a mob against stamp distributor Andrew Oliver
  4. 5. American-made goods that became symbols of resistance and colonial identity
  5. 7. Massachusetts lawyer who defended the British soldiers accused after the Boston Massacre
  6. 8. treaty that ended Pontiac's resistance to British rule
  7. 9. British general who angered Native Americans by ending the traditional practice of giving gifts
  8. 13. British chancellor who imposed new duties on glass, lead, paint, paper, and tea
  9. 14. Law passed with repeal of the Stamp Act asserting Parliament's authority over the colonies in all cases whatsoever
  10. 16. British trade regulations enforced through the imperial commercial system
  11. 18. Massachusetts political leader who helped organize resistance through the Sons of Liberty
  12. 20. Law that prohibited colonies from making their paper money legal tender for debts and taxes
  13. 23. British colonel and commander of Fort Pitt who prohibited settlement west of the Alleghenies in Pennsylvania
  14. 25. British prime minister who sought to strengthen imperial administration and make the colonies contribute more toward defense
  15. 27. Pennsylvania leader who helped negotiate an end to the Paxton Boys violence and later testified against the Stamp Act
  16. 28. Pennsylvania frontier group that used violence against Native Americans
  17. 29. British official who headed the southern department of the Office of Indian Superintendent
  18. 31. Organization formed to resist the Stamp Act and other British policies
  19. 37. 1765 law requiring stamps on documents and printed materials