Across
- 4. author of Common Sense
- 8. author of the Declaration of Independence
- 10. British general who surrendered at yorktown
- 11. the riot where colonists confronted British troops and troops fired at colonists
- 12. pamphlet by Thomas Paine to encourage colonists to declare and fight for independence
Down
- 1. delegates from 12 of the 13 colonies gather in 1754 and representatives agreed that the colonies should work together to boycott British trade goods
- 2. men willing to fight on a minutes notice
- 3. agreement signed on February 6, 1778, between France and the United States, in which each country agreed to help the other defend itself against England
- 5. period in time of great philosophical thought and scientific discoveries and inventions
- 6. event where colonists disguised themselves as Indians and threw tea off of ships
- 7. colonists who wanted independence from Great Britain
- 9. law passed by the British that imposed a tax on all printed materials in 1756
- 13. people who tried to stay as uninvolved in the war as possible