The American Revolution

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 2. A state in southeastern United States (7)
  2. 5. A state in southeastern United States (13)
  3. 9. A state in ___ England (12)
  4. 11. A drastic and far-reaching change in ways of thinking and behaving (10)
  5. 12. The largest city in ___ ___ State and in the United States (7)
  6. 14. American silversmith remembered for his midnight ride to warn the colonists in Lexington (10)
  7. 15. American revolutionary patriot who was president of the Continental Congress (11)
  8. 16. A Mid-Atlantic state (8)

Down

  1. 1. A state in the eastern United States (8)
  2. 3. Emblem usually consisting of a rectangular piece of cloth of distinctive design (4)
  3. 4. One of the British colonies that formed the United States (13)
  4. 6. Country in the UK whose capital is London (7)
  5. 7. A body of people who settle far from home but maintain ties with their homeland (6)
  6. 8. American seamstress said to have made the first American flag at the request of George Washington (9)
  7. 10. One of the British colonies that formed the United States (11)
  8. 13. Armed fighting between countries (3)