Postmaster General Franklin

4. Volunteers wrote letters to send to other colonies to keep them ___ about what was happening.
5. Commanders communicated ___ strategies through the mail.
8. Benjamin Franklin became head of the postal service for the united ___.
11. The British removed Franklin from his postmaster position because of his involvement in ___ activities.
12. ___ not only united colonists but were also a way for commanders to communicate.
14. The colonial post carried mostly official and business communications for overseas, but this would change as the colonies began to ___.
15. Benjamin Franklin was appointed postmaster ___.

1. Since letters were often intercepted by the other side, secret ___ were sometimes used.
2. Letters were sometimes written with ___ ink.
3. Patriot commanders needed to communicate about British ___ movements.
6. The Second Continental ___ chose Benjamin Franklin to improve the mail service.
7. ___ of correspondence were formed in the colonies.
9. The British named Benjamin ___ postmaster of Philadelphia in 1737.
10. Colonists wrote letters to keep everyone aware of the actions of the ___.
13. Franklin greatly improved the postal ___.