Unit 2 Vocab

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Across
  1. 1. an event where colonists, disguised as Indians, boarded three ships and tossed several
  2. 5. (1763)signed by Great Britain and France in 1763, officially ending the French and Indian War.
  3. 6. British law passed after the American Revolutionary war that required colonists to stay east of the Appalachian Mountains
  4. 7. Commander in chief of the British army during the American Revolutionary War.
  5. 8. the political theory that individuals have undeniable basic rights given to them by nature or God
  6. 15. Continental Congress declared the colonies independent of England
  7. 17. an agreement for mutual benefit between an individual, group, or community and its government
  8. 19. American revolutionary leader; author of Common Sense
  9. 20. author of the Declaration of Independence; third president of the United States of America
  10. 21. who called for independence from Great Britain, during the American Revolution.
  11. 22. a riot that occurred on March 5
  12. 24. British general who surrendered at the Battle of Yorktown in 1781.
  13. 26. Washington military general of the American rebel forces; president of the Constitutional Convention and first president of the United States
  14. 28. founding father from VA who said "Give me liberty or give me death"
  15. 29. gathering of delegates from twelve of the thirteen original colonies in 1754. At this meeting, the representatives agreed that the colonies should work together to boycott British trade goods.
  16. 30. war between england and france(7 year war)
  17. 32. sole control of the supply of a good or service
Down
  1. 2. agreement signed on February 6, 1778 between France and the United States, in which each country agreed to help the other defend itself against England
  2. 3. chests of tea into the harbor in protests against British taxes on tea.
  3. 4. colonists who remained loyal to Great Britain, during the American Revolution. Also known as Tories
  4. 9. first military confrontation of the Revolutionary War; this battle occurred in Massachusetts, on April 19, 1775, between colonial minutemen and British soldiers.
  5. 10. British law passed in 1756 that imposed a tax on all printed materials; contributed to the start of the Revolutionary War
  6. 11. (1783)signed by the United States and Great Britain in 1783; officially ended the Revolutionary War and acknowledged America’s independence.
  7. 12. the last battle of the Revolutionary War, fought in Yorktown VA, where the British army surrendered.
  8. 13. the war between Great Britain and its American colonies between 1775 and 1783, in which the colonies won their independence from British control
  9. 14. English philosopher from the Enlightenment period; developed the idea of natural rights and the social contract
  10. 16. American colonists who were ready to fight at a minute’s notice. These soldiers fought against the British army at the Battle of Lexington and Concord
  11. 18. this pamphlet, authored by Thomas Paine and published in 1776, inspired colonists to declare and fight for independence
  12. 23. the philosophical concept expressing the balance sought in the system of government in the United States
  13. 25. a series of laws passed by the British in 1774 enacted to punish colonists for the Boston Tea Party
  14. 27. a time of great philosophical thought and scientific invention in Europe, during the 18th century.
  15. 31. a person, or a group of people, who remain neutral in foreign affairs