Revolutionary War

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Across
  1. 3. a person killed or injured in a war or accident.
  2. 5. military force that is raised from the civil population to supplement a regular army in an emergency.
  3. 9. a firm decision to do or not to do something
  4. 11. a barren area of land where little precipitation occurs and consequently living conditions are hostile for plant and animal life.
  5. 13. income, especially when of a company or organization and of a substantial nature
  6. 14. an armed ship owned and officered by private individuals holding a government commission and authorized for use in war, especially in the capture of enemy merchant shipping.
  7. 15. Warfare a form of irregular warfare in which a small group of combatants such as paramilitary personnel, armed civilians, or irregulars use military tactics including ambushes, sabotage, raids, petty warfare, hit-and-run tactics, and mobility to fight a larger and less-mobile traditional military.
  8. 16. a person who believes that war and violence are unjustifiable.
  9. 17. American colonists who remained loyal to the British Crown during the American Revolutionary War.
  10. 19. an act or means of sealing off a place to prevent goods or people from entering or leaving
  11. 20. a tax or duty to be paid on a particular class of imports or exports.
  12. 21. sign or give formal consent to (a treaty, contract, or agreement), making it officially valid.
Down
  1. 1. a collection of weapons and military equipment stored by a country, person, or group.
  2. 2. withdraw from commercial or social relations with (a country, organization, or person) as a punishment or protest
  3. 4. the action of inflating something or the condition of being inflated
  4. 5. civilian colonists who independently organized to form well-prepared militia companies self-trained in weaponry, tactics, and military strategies from the American colonial partisan militia during the American Revolutionary War
  5. 6. a surprise attack by people lying in wait in a concealed position.
  6. 7. a committee of cardinals of the Roman Catholic Church responsible for foreign missions, founded in 1622 by Pope Gregory XV
  7. 8. the action of revoking or annulling a law or congressional act
  8. 10. colonists of the Thirteen Colonies who rebelled against British control during the American Revolution and in July 1776 declared the United States of America an independent nation.
  9. 12. a preliminary or preparatory statement; an introduction.
  10. 14. a request to do something, most commonly addressed to a government official or public entity
  11. 18. enlist (someone) in the armed forces.