American Revolution

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 2. The month following June and preceding August (4)
  2. 5. People who serve in an army (8)
  3. 7. Language spoken in the USA and the UK (7)
  4. 8. Town in eastern Massachusetts near Boston where the first battle of the American Revolution was (9)
  5. 10. Demonstration by citizens of ___ who raided three British ships in ___ harbor and dumped (14)
  6. 12. Capital of the state of New Hampshire (7)
  7. 13. Elected leader of a country (9)
  8. 15. Land of the free; the USA (7)

Down

  1. 1. The capital of the United States in the District of Columbia and a tourist mecca (10)
  2. 3. Immunity from arbitrary exercise of authority: political independence (7)
  3. 4. A person who settles in a new ___ or moves into new country (plural) (9)
  4. 6. The successful ending of the American Revolution (12)
  5. 9. British soldier (plural) (8)
  6. 11. Being able to act without being controlled (7)
  7. 14. Charge against a citizen's person or property or activity for the support of government (plural) (5)
  8. 15. A permanent organization of the military land forces of a nation or state (4)