Road to Revolution

2. Writer of Common Sense, a pamphlet supporting American independence.
6. Group of colonists who protested British taxes and policies.
8. Young officer who gained military experience fighting the French in the French and Indian War.
11. Colonial fighters ready to respond quickly when fighting began.
12. Colonists who wanted independence from Great Britain.
15. War between Britain and France over land in North America from 1754 to 1763.
16. Line of 1763 - Boundary that restricted colonists from settling west of the Appalachian Mountains.
17. Group of ordinary citizens organized to serve as soldiers when needed.
18. Thomas Paine's pamphlet arguing that the colonies should become independent.

1. Document adopted in 1776 announcing the colonies' independence from Great Britain.
3. Protest in 1773 when colonists dumped British tea into Boston Harbor.
4. Complaint about something considered unfair or wrong.
5. Event in 1770 when British soldiers killed five colonists in Boston.
7. British king during the American Revolution.
9. Colonists who remained loyal to Great Britain during the American Revolution.
10. British laws meant to punish colonists after the Boston Tea Party.
13. Patriot who helped draft the Declaration of Independence and supported boycotts of British goods.
14. Refusing to buy goods as a form of protest.