This printable crossword puzzle on the topic of American Revolution & Colonial Era has 22 clues. Answers range from 7 to 25 letters long. This crossword is also available to download as a Microsoft Word document or a PDF.
Was the principal author of the Declaration of Independence and later served as the third President of the United States
Jefferson's home is near this Virginia town
Famous American document written by Thomas Jefferson
Lawyer under whom Jefferson studied and fellow signer of the Declaration of Independence
Jefferson helped create ________ to add to the Constitution of the United States
Thomas Jefferson kept a log book about with facts and drawings of all the different plants and animals that existed in the state of ______.
Jefferson was a ______ to the Second Continental Congress.
Jefferson’s biggest political move was buying the ________ Territory
Before, he was the president, Thomas Jefferson became the first ______ of state.
Jefferson co-founded the ___________ Party to oppose Hamilton’s Federalist Party
In the presidential election of 1796, Jefferson ran against ________
Was commander in chief of the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War and served two terms as the first U.S. president
During the American Revolution, he led the colonial forces to victory over the ________ and became a national hero
George Washington wanted to join the __________, but his mother would not let him
Washington contracted this sickness while visiting Barbados, his only trip outside the country.
Washington and the Continental army narrowly escaped total destruction in the campaign of _________ in 1776
He returned to _______ where he died in the summer of 1752.
In his farewell address, he urged the new nation to maintain the highest standards domestically and to keep involvement with _____ powers to a minimum.
By 1759, Washington had resigned his _________, returned to Mount Vernon
He was deeply interested in farming and continually experimented with new crops and methods of land ___________
Washington had experienced first hand the effects of rising taxes imposed on American colonists by the British, and came to believe that it was in the best interests of the colonists to declare ____________ from England.
Because Washington, D.C. wasn’t yet built, Washington lived in New York and _____________