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Down: 2) A man who could deliver brilliant speeches in Parliament, even while drunk; rationally promised to pluck feathers from the colonial goose with a minimum of squawking; persuaded parliament in 1767 to pass the Townshend Acts; seized a dubious distinction between internal and external taxes; made taxes indirect customs duty payable at 4) British governor of Mass. whose stubborn policies helped provoke the Boston Tea Party6) Hired soldiers7) Draft of the Articles of Confederation; submitted in 1754 9) Intercolonial congress that urged the crown to take direct control of Indian relations beyond the boundaries of the colonies; drafted a plan of confederation for the continental colonies; was not ratified by any colony or accepted by Parliament12) 19 year old major general in the Revolutionary army; served under Washington13) Leader of the American Revolution; famous orator who spoke out against British rule of the colonies16) French general who commanded French troops in the American Revolution; notably at Yorktown17) Colonists who wanted independence from Britain18) French Protestants 22) The first president of the United States23) Leader of a small patriot force that captured British controlled Fort Vincennes in the Ohio Valley in 1779; secured NW Territory for America25) Famous chief of the Ottawa Indians; led rebellion against the British26) Law forbidding English colonists to settle west of the Appalation Mountains27) French general defeated at the Battle of Quebec28) British loyalist whose brother was attacked by the Sons of Liberty for being a tax collector; wrote a letter of the horrors he faced during the ordeal30) dealt with taxing goods that were being imported [Townshend Acts]34) British Crown’s reserved rights to nullify any legislation passed by the colonial assemblies if such laws worked mischief with the mercantilist system37) British Prime Minister during the Revolution; passed the Coercive Acts; greatly supported the king to the extent where Britain would only be ruled by the king38) Also known as the Society of Jesus; founded by Ignatius Loyola (1491-1556); as a teaching and missionary order to resist the spread of Protestantism41) Louisianans descended from the French Acadians in Nova Scotia Across: 1) An English policy of not strictly enforcing laws in its colonies3) Last major battle of the Revolutionary War; Cornwallis and his troops were trapped at the Chesapeake Bay by the French fleet; sandwiched between the French navy and American army; surrender on Oct. 19, 17815) British writer who attacked the Revolution as application of blind rationalism that ignored historic realities of political development8) War between England and Spain which began a series of European wars fought throughout the world10) British argument that the American Colonies were represented in Parliament because the members of Parliament represented all Englishmen11) United States general and traitor during the American Revolution14) German soldiers who fought for the British15) Colonist belief that they should not be taxed because they have no direct representatives in Parliament19) American revolutionary leader and pamphleteer born in England; supported the American fight for independence; supported the French Revolution20) Frenchman; founded Detroit in 1701; done to thwart the English settlers from settling in Ohio River valley21) Turning point of the American Revolution; important because it convinced the French to give the US military support; lifted American spirits; ended British control of New England by taking control of the Hudson River; most importantly showed the French that the Americans had the potential to beat their enemy24) Prussian organizational genius; turned raw colonial recruits into tough professional soldiers29) taxations on personal goods and property31) Former British officer who captured Montreal for the colonies32) Arises out of work and competition rather than birth, education, or special privilege33) War between France and Spain in order to unite the two states under one ruler (Phillip V)35) Document recording the proclamation of the 2nd Continental Congress; July 4th 1776; Asserted the independence of the colonies from Great Britain36) American patriot, writer, printer, and inventor; during the Revolutionary War, he persuaded the French to assist the colonists39) An act signed by 200 merchants pledging not to buy any British goods until Parliament repeals the Stamp Act; colonial merchants and planters signed this agreement to promise to stop importing good taxed by the Townshend Acts40) John Adam’s wife; appealed to her husband to protect the rights of women; member of the Daughters of Liberty42) Scottish political economist and philosopher; Wealth of Nations laid the foundations for classical free market economic theory (belief that government should not interfere with economics); advocated laissez faire and founder of “invisible hand” theory 43) French settlers who would not pledge their loyalty to the British; driven from homes; Cajuns of Louisiana are their descendants44) Name of French colony in Canada45) Commander of the British forces during the American Revolution46) The political orientation of those who hold that a republic is the best form of government47) French explorer in Nova Scotia; established a settlement in modern Quebec48) Leader of the American Revolution who proposed the resolution calling for independence of the American colonies
 

 

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