Across
- 2. what conflict caused British war debt
- 4. Spread of reason, science, and individual rights
- 6. Father of the constitution
- 9. the idea that citizens must put the common good above self interest
- 12. First ten amendments protecting liberties
- 15. First direct tax on the colonies
- 20. Common Sense
- 21. Who secured french alliance
- 25. Power of government comes from the people
- 27. first shots of the revolution
- 29. Constitutional system preventing abuse of power
- 30. 1st president of the USA
Down
- 1. killing of 5 colonist by British troops
- 3. ideology that defined women's crucial civic role as raising virtuous, patriotic children
- 5. British monarch during the revolution
- 7. Main author of the Declaration of Independence
- 8. First victim of the boston massacre
- 10. protest against tea tax
- 11. Founder of federalist party
- 13. Colonies met to discuss intolerable acts
- 14. Final battle leading to British surrender
- 16. belief that the United States has a significant,superior position above other nations
- 17. Gathering that created a new US constitution
- 18. Laws passed by Britain as punishment for Boston tea party
- 19. Document granting 13 colonies freedom from Britain
- 22. Invention of Benjamin Franklin that protects a place from lightning
- 23. Give me liberty, or give me death
- 24. Group that organized protests against British rule
- 26. Belief in citizen participation and elected representatives
- 28. 2nd president of the USA