Road to Revolution

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 3. The act of abrogating (6)
  2. 6. Town in eastern Massachusetts near Boston where the first battle of the American Revolution was (9)
  3. 10. One of the British colonies that formed the United States (13)
  4. 11. Capital of the state of New Hampshire (7)
  5. 13. The largest city in ___ ___ State and in the United States (7)
  6. 14. A monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles (7)
  7. 16. A British law of 1765 that taxed printed materials in the American colonies. (8)

Down

  1. 1. Immunity from arbitrary exercise of authority: political independence (7)
  2. 2. 2nd President of the United States (9)
  3. 4. A legislative assembly in certain countries (10)
  4. 5. The seaport at ___ (12)
  5. 7. A leader of the American Revolution and a famous orator who spoke out against British rule of (12)
  6. 8. A form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (7)
  7. 9. American silversmith remembered for his midnight ride to warn the colonists in Lexington (10)
  8. 12. Civilians trained as soldiers but not part of the regular army (7)
  9. 15. A friendly nation (plural) (6)