Across
- 2. money collected from individuals and businesses to pay for services provided by the government
- 4. being free to make choices
- 6. the current constitution of the United States
- 7. forced colonists to pay taxes on sugar, molasses, and other goods
- 9. announced the colonists’ decision to free themselves from the rule of Great Britain
- 10. this officially ended the American Revolution
- 11. required colonists to buy a government stamp for almost every paper document they used
- 12. set aside the land west of the Appalachian Mountains for the American Indians and prohibited colonists from settling that land
Down
- 1. the first constitution of the United States
- 3. colonists fought this to gain independence from Great Britain and the right to settle land west of the Appalachian Mountains
- 5. war fought between the French/Native Americans and Great Britain/ colonists; Great Britain won
- 8. people chosen to act or speak on behalf of another person or a group of people