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The American Revolution
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Patriot: a colonist who violently rebelled against British control
Loyalist: a colonist who sided with Britain
Minutemen: part of the Massachusetts militia that were prepared to fight at a moments notice.
Boycott: the refusal to buy British goods.
Saratoga:battle site in which the patriots beat the British, considered to be the turning point in the American Revolution.
BostonTeaParty: protest in which colonists dumped cargo from British ships into the harbor.
Democracy: a type of government that is ruled directly by the people
Monarchy: a government where the power and laws are made by a single person called a monarch or a king.
StampAct: a tax placed on the American colonies by the British government taxing all sorts of paper documents.
Sugar Act: changed the tax rates for raw sugar and molasses imported from foreign counties.
SonsofLiberty: a group of patriots organized by Sam Adams to protest the Stamp Act and other actions of the British government.
TreatyofParis: a treaty signed by both the US and Britain that ended the Revolutionary war.
Constitution: a set of documents and laws that define the government of a country
Federalist: a person who adopted the Constitution
Revolution: the overthrow of a government to establish a new system
CommonSense: A pamphlet written by Thomas Paine to convince colonists it was time to become independent.
The American Revolution
Across:3. | a type of government that is ruled directly by the people | 5. | changed the tax rates for raw sugar and molasses imported from foreign counties. | 9. | battle site in which the patriots beat the British, considered to be the turning point in the American Revolution. | 11. | the overthrow of a government to establish a new system |
| 13. | a colonist who sided with Britain | 14. | the refusal to buy British goods. | 15. | a set of documents and laws that define the government of a country |
| | Down:1. | a government where the power and laws are made by a single person called a monarch or a king. | 2. | a tax placed on the American colonies by the British government taxing all sorts of paper documents. | 4. | A pamphlet written by Thomas Paine to convince colonists it was time to become independent. | 5. | a group of patriots organized by Sam Adams to protest the Stamp Act and other actions of the British government. | 6. | a treaty signed by both the US and Britain that ended the Revolutionary war. |
| 7. | protest in which colonists dumped cargo from British ships into the harbor. | 8. | part of the Massachusetts militia that were prepared to fight at a moments notice. | 10. | a person who adopted the Constitution | 12. | a colonist who violently rebelled against British control |
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The American Revolution
Across:3. | a type of government that is ruled directly by the people | 5. | changed the tax rates for raw sugar and molasses imported from foreign counties. | 9. | battle site in which the patriots beat the British, considered to be the turning point in the American Revolution. | 11. | the overthrow of a government to establish a new system |
| 13. | a colonist who sided with Britain | 14. | the refusal to buy British goods. | 15. | a set of documents and laws that define the government of a country |
| | Down:1. | a government where the power and laws are made by a single person called a monarch or a king. | 2. | a tax placed on the American colonies by the British government taxing all sorts of paper documents. | 4. | A pamphlet written by Thomas Paine to convince colonists it was time to become independent. | 5. | a group of patriots organized by Sam Adams to protest the Stamp Act and other actions of the British government. | 6. | a treaty signed by both the US and Britain that ended the Revolutionary war. |
| 7. | protest in which colonists dumped cargo from British ships into the harbor. | 8. | part of the Massachusetts militia that were prepared to fight at a moments notice. | 10. | a person who adopted the Constitution | 12. | a colonist who violently rebelled against British control |
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