Revolutionary War Vocabulary

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  1. 3. The leader of the Sons of Liberty
  2. 6. A patriot who wrote Common Sense
  3. 7. A patriot who warned of the British on his midnight ride
  4. 8. Engineered the Boston Tea Party
  5. 11. The document that announced the intended independence of the thirteen colonies
  6. 14. A supporter of independence, attended both Continental Congresses
  7. 15. Members of the militia who would be ready at a moment's notice
  8. 16. The last battle of the Revolutionary War, where Charles Cornwallis surrendered
  9. 19. Hit and run tactics, used by the patriots
  10. 20. Placed taxes on printed material
Down
  1. 1. Placed taxes on sugar
  2. 2. Wrote the Declaration of Independence
  3. 4. Colonists who supported independence
  4. 5. Also known as the Coercive Acts
  5. 9. A protest where the British fired on colonists
  6. 10. A Revolutionary War General, and the first president of the U.S.A.
  7. 12. A British field commander, surrendered to General Washington at the Battle of Yorktown
  8. 13. Gave the U.S.A. independence from Britain
  9. 17. The defeat of Hessian soldiers, by General Washington, at Trenton, New Jersey
  10. 18. Also called Tories, colonists who supported the British crown