This printable crossword puzzle on the topic of American Revolution & Colonial Era has 19 clues. Answers range from 8 to 29 letters long. This crossword is also available to download as a Microsoft Word document or a PDF.
Approved the creation of a Continental Army and the Declaration of Independence.
Pamphlet published in 1776 that persuaded American Colonists to support independence.
1765; law that taxed printed goods
Last major battle of the Revolutionary War. Cornwallis and his troops were trapped in Chesapeake Bay by French fleet. He surrendered October 19, 1781.
A proclamation from British government which forbade British colonists from settling west of the Appalachian Mountains, required any settlers living west of the mountains to move back east.
3/5 of slaves count towards states' population for taxation and representation in House of Representatives
Applied only to Massachusetts to punish them for Boston Tea Party
A group of colonists who formed a secret society to oppose British policies at the time of the American Revolution
1st Constitution of the U.S. 1781-1788
American victory over British troops in 1777 that was a turning point in American Revolution.
The first bloodshed of the American Revolution, as British guards at Boston opened fire on a crowd
Act forcing colonists to house and supply British forces in the colonies
Rebellion led by Daniel Shays of farmers in western Massachusetts in 1786-1787, highlighted the need for strong national government.
(1754-1763) War fought in the colonies between the English and the French for possession of the Ohio Valley area. The English won.
1773 protest against British taxes in Boston, colonists disguised as Mohawks dumped valuable tea into Boston Harbor
law that established a procedure for admission of new states to Union
Treaty Between England and the Colonies, formally ended the American Revolutionary war
Plan to have a popularly elected House based on state population and a state-selected Senate, with two members for each state
(4 July 1776) asserting the independence of the colonies from Great Britain