American Revolution Crossword

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1. One of the first battles to take place in the American Revolutionary war took place on a hill near Boston Harbor. The battle is known as “the battle of _______ hill.”
3. The British loved to drink this warm beverage
4. Colonists were told by the King that they had to let these people live in their homes whenever they wanted (plural)
6. What we call people from Great Britain (England)
10. The first name of the great colonial General from the revolutionary war
11. The man who rode through the streets in Massachusetts to warn the people that the British were coming (first name)
9. The word that describes a King or a Queen — a single ruler over a nation
13. The book titled “___________ Sense” was written by Thomas Paine; it claimed that Kings were bad and that America needed to be an independent nation.

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2. The last name of the great colonial General from the revolutionary war
5. The man who rode through the streets in Massachusetts to warn the people that the British were coming (last name)
6. The city where the big Tea Party took place
7. This is what we pay to our governments (plural)
8. The “Declaration of ________” is said to be the birth certificate of the United States of America
9. These were colonists that had begun arming themselves to prepare for a British invasion. Their title came from their ability to get ready to fight in a minute’s notice
12. The old saying went, “Give me ________ or give me death!”
14. The first gunshot to take place in the American Revolutionary war is known as “The shot heard ’round the _______.”

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