Across
- 2. coat, a nickname for the British solders of the colonial era named for the color of their uniforms
- 8. the country that lost the revolutionary war against America
- 10. father, a member of the US’s constitutional convention
- 13. someone who vigorously supports their country and is willing to fight for it
- 15. USA made one to establish its fundamental principles and rights
- 16. formal statements made to a higher authority to convey an opinion or register a protest
- 17. someone who remains loyal to established government or a ruler
- 18. American revolutionary fighters who were prepared to fight in one minute after being alerted
- 19. a branch of a nations armed forces that conducts operations on the seas
Down
- 1. the elected head of a nation
- 3. a formal announcement made to affirm a belief or action
- 4. a male ruler empowered by divine right
- 5. a military force raised from the civil population
- 6. Britain’s highest legislative body consisting of several representative houses
- 7. the country that declared independence from Britain on the 4th of July 1776
- 9. land under control of a country and occupied by the country’s settlers
- 11. of liberty, the organization of many colonists and founding fathers who urged the 13 colonies to declare independence
- 12. a national legislative body specifically one that the colonies instated along with the executive and judicial branches of government
- 14. when a government requires additional payment on goods or income for the sake of funding itself
- 16. a forcible overthrow of a government of social system