American Revolution

Clues in this puzzle

Across

• Large weapon that fires heavy iron balls (6)
• Money Britain charged colonists on goods such as tea (3)
• Freedom from British rule that the colonies declared in 1776 (12)
• Drink thrown into Boston Harbor during a famous 1773 protest (3)
• Colonist who remained faithful to the British king (8)
• Freedom, the ideal American colonists were fighting for (7)

Down

• The thirteen British territories that became the United States (8)
• Massachusetts city where colonists dumped tea into the harbor (6)
• General who led the Continental Army and became first president (10)
• Long gun that soldiers loaded and fired in the 1700s (6)
• Person who fights as part of a country's military (7)
• Group of colonial delegates who met to make wartime decisions (8)
• Symbol of stars and stripes that represents the United States (4)
• Organized group of soldiers who fight together (4)
• Title held by George the Third, Britain's ruler during the war (4)

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