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Down: 1) They met to help unite protesters against the unfair taxation of the colonies by Britain.2) Congress tried one final time to restore peace.3) This was organized to defend the colonies. George Washington was chosen as commander.5) It required colonists to pay for an official stamp, or seal, whenever they bought paper items.6) Placed duties on imported glass, lead, paints, paper, and tea.7) These were colonists who considered it their duty to remain loyal to the British.9) Stories and images designed to support a particular point of view.11) To abolish or get rid of.12) This was a moral victory for the colonists.13) These were used to enforce the Townshend acts.16) This is one name the colonists called the British soldiers.24) A military blockade of a city or fort. Across: 4) They called themselves this because they were ready to fight in a moments notice.8) A pamphlet written by Thomas Paine.10) The leaders of this group gathered to decide how to act now that open hostilities had taken place between the colonists and British soldiers.14) This law set duties or taxes on molasses and sugar imported by colonists.15) Those who chose to fight for independence.17) A group of 56 colonial delegates met in Philadelphia and debated the best way to respond to the crisis in Massachusetts and what they felt were abuses by British authorities.18) A popular method of protest.19) The sons of liberty disguised themselves as Indians and crept into 3 British ships in the Boston harbor in 1773.20) A long British sentry got into an argument with a civilian and struck him.21) Colonists formed these secret societies and sometimes used violence to frighten tax collectors.22) This act basically declared the right of parliament to tax the colonists if and when they wished.23) Influenced by the suggestion of Richard Henry Lee, the continental congress appointed a five-person committee to write a document declaring the colonies independent of England.25) Parliament passed this law.26) As punishment for the Boston tea party parliament passed these, which are also known as Coercive Acts.
 

 

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