Across
- 3. Act of revolt against British taxes in which colonists threw tea into the harbor
- 5. continental soldiers who agreed to fight at a minutes notice
- 7. Battle that lead to the surrender of the British under general Cornwallis
- 8. warfare using surroundings to get an advantage on enemies
- 9. Government that is directly controlled by the people
- 11. met in 1774 in Philadelphia
- 13. King of England at the time of Revolution
- 14. life liberty and pursuit of happiness
- 16. refusal to buy products
- 18. Where Washington's troops spent the winter of 1777-1778
- 22. Country that oppressively ruled the colonies
- 25. written by Thomas Paine
- 26. Turning point in the Revolutionary war
- 27. forced colonists to pay taxes on tea
- 28. General who was selected to lead the Continental army
Down
- 1. people who agreed with and were loyal to the British
- 2. Wife of George Washington
- 4. Soldier who fought for one country that was hired from another country
- 6. Date Declaration of Independence was signed
- 7. General who was a traitor
- 10. "no taxation without representation"
- 12. Main author of the declaration of independence
- 15. agreed with Britain and fought against the colonies
- 17. people who colonized the americas
- 19. Britain fired at a group of rowdy colonists in 1770
- 20. orders the colonists to stay behind the Appalachian Mountains
- 21. tax on all printed materials
- 23. government where there is only one figure to rule
- 24. rebelling against ; change in established order
- 29. tax on molasses