US Hist QuizCH2 BW (part 1) Crossword
                                      
                                      
                                      
                                      
                                      
                                      
                                      
                                      
                                      
                                      
                                      
                                      
                                      
                                      
                                      
                                      
                                      
                                      
                                      
                                      
                                      
                                      
                                      
                                      
                                      
                                      
                                      
                                      
 
 
Down: 1) Americans who supported the British; also called Tories; many government officials, ministers of the Anglican Church, and wealthy merchants and landowners3) a pledge not to buy any British goods until parliament repealed the Stamp Act signed by 200 merchants in New York4) A document submitted by John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Roger Sherman, Robert Livingston, and Thomas Jefferson that Jefferson drafted explaining why it was time for independence; issued by the Continental Congress on July 4, 1776; officially made the colonies the United States of America and marked the beginning of the American Revolution5) a group of men specially trained to "stand at a minute's warning in case of alarm" (created in Concord)6) A raid of a British ship in which 342 chest of tea were thrown overboard; a result of the British attempt to help the East India Company recover from its debt by forcing store owners to bypass merchants in the tea buying process; took place in Boston on December 17, 17737) a battle that gave the Americans confidence; the militia heard in advance of a plan the British had to take control of the hills north of Boston and surprised the British troops who arrived13) Multiple Acts proposed in order to solve the growing economical problems in Britain that included the Revenue Act of 1767 and the Sugar Act; this enabled the taxation of glass, lead, paper, paint and tea; it also legalized the writs of assistance Across: 2) A group that organized demonstrations and intimidated stamp collectors in protest of the Stamp Act8) passed by the Revenue Act to help customs officers arrest smugglers by allowing them to enter any place at any time to look for evidence of smuggling 9) Americans who believed that the British had become tyrannical; also called Whigs; artisans, farmers, merchants, planters, lawyers, and urban workers 10) A dispute on March 5, 1770 between a small group of British soldiers and a group of colonist that resulted in 5 deaths; a result of discontent amongst colonist about the British soldiers occupying Boston; resulted in the British repealing almost all taxes except the tax on tea11) a proposal developed by a committee led by Ben Franklin that proposed that the colonies unite to form a federal government 12) a general increase in prices and fall in the purchasing value of money14) an idea proposed by Thomas Jefferson that would help unify the colonies, shape public opinion, and help colonial leaders coordinate their plans for resisting the British by creating communication amongst colonies about the British activities 15) The combination of the Coercive Acts and the Quebec Acts which were passed after the Boston Tea Party; theses acts shutdown Boston Port until the tea that had been destroyed was paid for, eliminated elections for officials in MA, made exceptions to court cases involving British soldiers, and forced locals to house British soldiers16) A war that was the result of successful ambush by the French and Indians on the British; later called the Seven Years' War; Treaty of Paris ended the war and resulted in the French losing its hold in North America17) taxed all printed materials; the first direct tax levied on the colonist by the British as most others were imposed on trade18) published a persuasive pamphlet called "Common Sense" that made the colonist realize that King George III was the source of the argument not Parliament and that therefore the colonies should declare independence from the British19) taxes on imports and exports
 

 

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