Fourth of July

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 2. Land of the free; the USA (7)
  2. 4. Any vehicle self-propelled by a ___ engine (plural) (7)
  3. 7. A historic village in southeastern Virginia to the north of Newport News (8)
  4. 10. Moving through water using your arms and legs (8)
  5. 11. A device with an explosive that burns at a low rate and with colored flames (plural) (9)
  6. 13. An African melon (10)
  7. 14. English poet and literary critic (6)
  8. 15. Social insect living in organized colonies (plural) (4)
  9. 16. The people of Great Britain (7)

Down

  1. 1. American revolutionary patriot who was president of the Continental Congress (7)
  2. 3. State capital and largest city of Massachusetts (6)
  3. 5. A day devoted to an outdoor social gathering (6)
  4. 6. Commander of the British forces in the American War of Independence (10)
  5. 8. A drastic and far-reaching change in ways of thinking and behaving (10)
  6. 9. United States historian noted for studies of Black American history (8)
  7. 12. Being able to act without being controlled (7)