Across
- 3. Sons of Liberty dressed as Indians dumped tea from ship into Boston Harbor to protest tax
- 7. colonists that stayed loyal to Britain
- 10. British soldiers fired into crowd protesting taxes, killed 7 people
- 12. lowered tax on molasses, hoped with a lower tax hat the colonist would pay instead of smuggling
- 16. statement declaring independence from Britain
- 18. a formal expression or opinion
- 20. Famous horse ride to warn of the British attacking.
- 22. a pledge not to buy or use good imported from England
- 24. formal request
- 25. incoming money
- 27. organization used in earlier protest of the American Revolution
- 28. British leaders tried to avoid some of the problems created by the Stamp Act
- 29. allowed customs officers to enter and location to search for smuggled goods
Down
- 1. placed a tax on almost all printed material in the colonies
- 2. 1766, stated that Parliament had the right to tax and make decisions for the British colonies
- 4. groups of citizen soldiers
- 5. refuse to buy
- 6. British won but suffered heavy losses
- 8. very harsh laws intended to punish people of Massachusetts
- 9. 1773, gave the right to Britain to ship tea to colonies and tax
- 11. colonial members that wanted to revolt against England
- 13. Wrote Common Sense to promote separation from Britain
- 14. assured king of colonists desire for peace
- 15. 1775, colonial representatives assembled to declare independence from Britain
- 17. cancel
- 19. political body established to represent American interests
- 21. First person killed at Boston Massacre, Was African American
- 23. colonists formed to fight British Army
- 24. loyal to American Colonies
- 26. information designed to influence opinion