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Declaration of Independence: Four people signed it
Loyalist:people who are loyal to the king
Patriot:people against the king
Militia:a body of citizen soldiers as distinguished from professional soldiers
Partisan:a member of a party of light or irregular troops engaged in harassing an enemy, especially a member of a guerrilla band engaged in fighting or sabotage against an occupying army
Guerilla Warfare:sudden unexpected attacks carried out by an unofficial military group or groups that are trying to change the government by assaults on the armed forces
Bicameral:having two branches, chambers, or houses, as a legislative body
Mercantilism: commercialism
Smuggling:bringing in illegally
Duty:something that one is expected or required to do by moral or legal obligation
French and Indian War:the war in America in which France and its Indian allies opposed England 1754–60 ended by Treaty of Paris in 1763.
Frontier:the part of a country that borders another country; boundary; border
Tyranny:the government or rule of a tyrant or absolute ruler
Writ of Assistance:writ issued by a superior colonial court authorizing officers of the British crown to summon aid and enter and search any premises
Repeal:to revoke or withdraw formally or officially
Boycott:to combine in abstaining from, or preventing dealings with, as a means of intimidation or coercion
Propaganda:information, ideas, or rumors deliberately spread widely to help or harm a person, group, movement, institution, nation, etc.
Monopoly:an exclusive privilege to carry on a business, traffic, or service, granted by a government.
Provincial Congress:one of several extra-legal legislative bodies established in some of the Thirteen Colonies early in the American Revolution
Mercenary:working or acting merely for money or other reward
Civil:of, pertaining to, or consisting of citizens
war:a conflict carried on by force of arms, as between nations or between parties within a nation
Skirmish:a fight between small bodies of troops, especially advanced or outlying detachments of opposing armies
Constitution:the way in which a thing is composed or made up
Siege:the act or process of surrounding and attacking a fortified place in such a way as to isolate it from help and supplies, for the purpose of lessening the resistance of the defenders and thereby making capture possible
Confiscate:to seize by or as if by authority
Ratify:to confirm
Apportionment:the determination of the number of members of the U.S. House of Representatives according to the proportion of the population of each state to the total population of the U.S
Appeal:a request or reference to some person or authority for a decision, corroboration, judgment
Tariff:A tax
Sedition:incitement of discontent or rebellion against a government
Nullification: the failure or refusal of a U.S. state to aid in enforcement of federal laws within its limits, especially on Constitutional grounds
States Rights:the rights belonging to the various states, especially with reference to the strict interpretation of the constitution, by which all rights not delegated by the Constitution to the federal government belong to the states
Across:4. | of, pertaining to, or consisting of citizens | 7. | sudden unexpected attacks carried out by an unofficial military group or groups that are trying to change the government by assaults on the armed forces | 9. | A tax | 10. | a body of citizen soldiers as distinguished from professional soldiers | 12. | people against the king | 14. | the part of a country that borders another country; boundary; border | 17. | an exclusive privilege to carry on a business, traffic, or service, granted by a government. | 19. | a conflict carried on by force of arms, as between nations or between parties within a nation | 20. | a fight between small bodies of troops, especially advanced or outlying detachments of opposing armies | 21. | to revoke or withdraw formally or officially | 22. | incitement of discontent or rebellion against a government | 23. | bringing in illegally | 24. | the determination of the number of members of the U.S. House of Representatives according to the proportion of the population of each state to the total population of the U.S | 25. | working or acting merely for money or other reward | 26. | commercialism | 27. | Four people signed it | 28. | the rights belonging to the various states, especially with reference to the strict interpretation of the constitution, by which all rights not delegated by the Constitution to the federal government belong to the states |
| | Down:1. | the act or process of surrounding and attacking a fortified place in such a way as to isolate it from help and supplies, for the purpose of lessening the resistance of the defenders and thereby making capture possible | 2. | a request or reference to some person or authority for a decision, corroboration, judgment | 3. | one of several extra-legal legislative bodies established in some of the Thirteen Colonies early in the American Revolution | 5. | people who are loyal to the king | 6. | to seize by or as if by authority | 8. | to confirm | 11. | to combine in abstaining from, or preventing dealings with, as a means of intimidation or coercion | 12. | information, ideas, or rumors deliberately spread widely to help or harm a person, group, movement, institution, nation, etc. | 13. | the government or rule of a tyrant or absolute ruler | 15. | having two branches, chambers, or houses, as a legislative body | 16. | writ issued by a superior colonial court authorizing officers of the British crown to summon aid and enter and search any premises | 18. | a member of a party of light or irregular troops engaged in harassing an enemy, especially a member of a guerrilla band engaged in fighting or sabotage against an occupying army | 27. | something that one is expected or required to do by moral or legal obligation |
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Across:4. | of, pertaining to, or consisting of citizens | 7. | sudden unexpected attacks carried out by an unofficial military group or groups that are trying to change the government by assaults on the armed forces | 9. | A tax | 10. | a body of citizen soldiers as distinguished from professional soldiers | 12. | people against the king | 14. | the part of a country that borders another country; boundary; border | 17. | an exclusive privilege to carry on a business, traffic, or service, granted by a government. | 19. | a conflict carried on by force of arms, as between nations or between parties within a nation | 20. | a fight between small bodies of troops, especially advanced or outlying detachments of opposing armies | 21. | to revoke or withdraw formally or officially | 22. | incitement of discontent or rebellion against a government | 23. | bringing in illegally | 24. | the determination of the number of members of the U.S. House of Representatives according to the proportion of the population of each state to the total population of the U.S | 25. | working or acting merely for money or other reward | 26. | commercialism | 27. | Four people signed it | 28. | the rights belonging to the various states, especially with reference to the strict interpretation of the constitution, by which all rights not delegated by the Constitution to the federal government belong to the states |
| | Down:1. | the act or process of surrounding and attacking a fortified place in such a way as to isolate it from help and supplies, for the purpose of lessening the resistance of the defenders and thereby making capture possible | 2. | a request or reference to some person or authority for a decision, corroboration, judgment | 3. | one of several extra-legal legislative bodies established in some of the Thirteen Colonies early in the American Revolution | 5. | people who are loyal to the king | 6. | to seize by or as if by authority | 8. | to confirm | 11. | to combine in abstaining from, or preventing dealings with, as a means of intimidation or coercion | 12. | information, ideas, or rumors deliberately spread widely to help or harm a person, group, movement, institution, nation, etc. | 13. | the government or rule of a tyrant or absolute ruler | 15. | having two branches, chambers, or houses, as a legislative body | 16. | writ issued by a superior colonial court authorizing officers of the British crown to summon aid and enter and search any premises | 18. | a member of a party of light or irregular troops engaged in harassing an enemy, especially a member of a guerrilla band engaged in fighting or sabotage against an occupying army | 27. | something that one is expected or required to do by moral or legal obligation |
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