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Down: 1) rung to call people of the town together2) branch of government that interprets laws3) Victory of Washington's that led to the surrender of the British army4) king of England during the American War for Independence5) Massachusetts men who said they could be ready to fight at a minute's notice6) Angry encounter between colonists and British soldiers in Boston in March of 17707) German soldiers8) second meeting held in Philadelphia in May 1775 where two important decisions were made9) Virginian who said "Give me liberty, or give me death".11) gives Americans the following freedoms: religion, speech, press and assembly13) first plan of government the states agreed upon14) Name of our nation's first capital15) commander in chief of the continental army; first president of the US18) river along which both France and Britain had claimed lands19) did the actual writing of the Declaration of Independence21) leader of the Green Mountain Boys who took Fort Ticonderoga fro the British22) president of the Second Continental Congress; first to sign the Declaration of Independence23) document signed by England giving up the American colonies and making them officially free and independent24) incident in which a band of colonists dressed like Mohawk Indians dumped tea into Boston Harbor in protest to Britain's tax on tea25) first Vice President and Second President of the US31) branch of government that enforces laws36) money that people pay their government for use in helping to run the government Across: 10) those who wanted America to to be free from Britain's heavy control12) declared that the thirteen colonies should be free from England and independent states16) Leader of British armies in the South17) First major battle in the War for Independence20) the meeting of colonists in Philadelphia to request that Britain respect their rights as Englishmen26) where Washington and his army spent the harsh winter of 1777-7827) branch of government that makes laws28) did the most important work at the Constitutional Convention; fourth President of the US29) battle location where the first shot in the American War for Independence was fired30) the first ten amendments to the constitution, listing the rights or freedoms the constitution gives to Americans32) commander of all British forces in North America during the French and Indian War33) July 4, 177634) War between the British and the French for control of land along the Ohio River35) Boston patriot and sliversmith famous for his midnight ride to warn the colonists37) plan of government our country still follows today38) required documents purchased by the colonists to have special stamps affixed to them, proving a tax had been paid39) a government ruled by a king or queen40) made the first official flag of the US
 

 

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