Across
- 4. leader of boston sons of liberty founded the committees of correspondence
- 7. head of the massachusetts committee of safety
- 8. the wife and sister of massachusetts patriots
- 10. most famous american of the 18th century printer scientist inventor proposed albany plan of union
- 12. King of england from 1760-1820
- 14. african american sailor who was one of the first victims of the boston massacre
Down
- 1. boston lawyer who defended british soliders accused of murder for the boston massacre in 1770
- 2. member of the virgins house of burgesses who supported the break from england
- 3. delegate to the continental congress from pennsylvania who was part of the committee assigned to draft a declaration of independence in 1776
- 5. delegate to the 2nd continental congress from virginia
- 6. his pamphlet common sense published in early 1776 argued that the time had come for america to break with england
- 9. virginia delegate who introduced the resolutions on independence in june 1776
- 11. young virginian who led the first attack against the french in july of 1754 but was defeated
- 13. Britains new secretary of state that took office in 1757 determined to win the french and indian war and put british resources into it