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1. Cry
3. One loyal to King George
5. British law-making body
11. First direct tax imposed by England on the colonies
15. On July 4, 1776, the colonies declared their _____.
18. Revolution's first shot "heard round the world" was here
19. Homophone for "sun"
22. British commander who defeated Washington in New York.
23. Frenchman who helped the Americans
24. Naval hero who said "I have not yet begun to fight"
25. Boston__occurred when British soldiers fired on Boston mob
27. Unpleasant sound
28. Author of Declaration of Independence
29. Homophone for "not"
30. Silversmith who warned colonists British were coming
33. British general defeated in Battle of Saratoga
34. Past tense of "sit"
35. Bold signer of the Declaration of Independence
38. Site of last battle of Revolution
40. Delegates from each colony met in group called the Continental___
42. Road
43. Homophone for "wrap"
45. New York site of victory for Americans
47. American who betrayed his country
48. Temporary place to sleep
51. Wrote a "Circular Letter" opposing taxation without representation
53. South Carolina commander known as the "Swamp Fox"
54. Country that helped the American colonists
55. American troops and helpers were called___troops.
56. English philosopher whose ideas inspired Americans
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57. Homophone for "oar"
58. British sympathizer
59. Commander of Continental Army
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2. Colonists throw British tea overboard
4. Antonym for "dark"
6. Homophone for "lone"
7. Leader of the Green Mountain Boys who captured Fort Ticonderoga
8. Homophone for "too"
9. The Treaty of_____formally ended the Revolution
10. British general at Lexington & Concord
12. Having to do with a tribe
13. Patriot soldiers who could assemble quickly
14. British king during the Revolution
16. Number of years the war lasted
17. Pamphlet written by Thomas Paine
20. General second only to Washington
21. Officer who regretted only one life to give, hanged by the British
26. Antonym for "beginning"
31. Massachusetts town where second battle happened
32. Feminine personal pronoun
36. British general who surrendered at Yorktown
37. Large continent west of Europe
39. She made the first flag
41. British soldiers were called___ due to their uniforms.
44. Name for colonist who wanted freedom.
46. The place you live is your ____.
49. Like a certain winter weather condition
50. Frontier military leader who saved St. Louis
52. Patriot who said "Give me liberty or give me death"
54. Spore-producing plant
Copyright 2003, Donna Henderson Melton
The American Revolutionary War
WORD LIST
ARNOLD
ASIA
BOSTON TEA PARTY
BURGOYNE
CLARK
COMMON SENSE
CONCORD
CONGRESS
CORNWALLIS
COT
EIGHT
END
FERN
FRANCE
GAGE
GEORGE
GREENE
HALE
HANCOCK
HENRY
HOWE
INDEPENDENCE
JEFFERSON
JONES
KNOT
LAFAYETTE
LOYALIST
MARION
MASSACRE
MINUTEMEN
NOISE
ORE
PARIS
PARLIAMENT
PATRIOT
RAP
REDCOATS
REVERE
ROSS
SARATOGA
SAT
SHE
SNOWY
SOB
SON
STAMP ACT
STREET
TORY
TRIBAL
TWO
WASHINGTON
YORKTOWN
This is only part of the words you will use. I can’t make it totally easy.
Copyright 2003, Donna Henderson Melton