The Road to Independence Test 1 Review

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Across
  1. 2. – A young British soldier who built Fort Necessity and fought in the French and Indian War.
  2. 8. – Harsh laws made by King George III to punish Massachusetts after the Boston Tea Party.
  3. 10. – The 1763 agreement that ended the French and Indian War; Britain gained new land.
  4. 13. – Money people must pay to the government; Britain used them to cover war debts.
  5. 14. – Rivals of the British who fought with American Indian allies in the French and Indian War.
  6. 15. – The British group that made laws and taxes, but where colonists had no representation.
Down
  1. 1. – People living in the 13 American colonies under British rule.
  2. 3. – The port closed by the Intolerable Acts to punish colonists after the Boston Tea Party.
  3. 4. – A conflict between groups or nations; in this case, the French and Indian War and later the fight for independence.
  4. 5. – A 1765 law that taxed papers, newspapers, and cards, which colonists protested as unfair.
  5. 6. – Groups of volunteer soldiers the colonies organized to defend themselves.
  6. 7. – The ruler of Great Britain who made laws and taxes that angered the colonists.
  7. 9. – People from Great Britain who ruled the American colonies and fought to keep control.
  8. 11. – A 1773 law giving one company control of tea sales, leading to the Boston Tea Party.
  9. 12. – Organized refusals to buy British goods to protest unfair taxes and laws.