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American Revolution

Medium · 15×15 · 15 words
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  1. 5. Massachusetts delegate who later became the second U.S. president
  2. 7. Town near Lexington where colonial militia clashed with British troops
  3. 10. Document adopted July 4, 1776, announcing American independence
  4. 12. Framework of government drafted for the new nation in 1787
  5. 13. Principal author of the Declaration of Independence
  6. 14. 1783 agreement that officially ended the war
  7. 15. Massachusetts town where the war's first shots were fired in 1775

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  1. 1. Nickname for a British soldier, based on uniform color
  2. 2. 1777 battle victory that convinced France to help the colonies
  3. 3. Virginia town where British forces surrendered in 1781
  4. 4. Uprising in which American colonies broke from British rule
  5. 6. Statesman who helped negotiate French support for the colonies
  6. 8. Hired foreign soldier Britain employed, such as the Hessians
  7. 9. Colonial militia fighters ready to fight on short notice
  8. 11. Group of citizen soldiers who were not full-time professionals

American Revolution

Easy · 15×15 · 15 words
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  1. 1. Large weapon that fires heavy iron balls
  2. 5. Money Britain charged colonists on goods such as tea
  3. 7. Freedom from British rule that the colonies declared in 1776
  4. 10. Drink thrown into Boston Harbor during a famous 1773 protest
  5. 13. Colonist who remained faithful to the British king
  6. 14. Freedom, the ideal American colonists were fighting for

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

us history

Easy · 7×7 · 7 words
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  1. 1. The precious metal discovered at Sutter's Mill in 1848
  2. 5. The sixteenth president of the United States who issued the Emancipation Proclamation
  3. 6. The product dumped into the harbor during a famous 1773 protest

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  1. 1. The Union general who later became the eighteenth president
  2. 2. A settlement or territory under the control of a distant parent nation
  3. 3. The title of the British monarch George III during the Revolution
  4. 4. The act of casting a ballot to choose a political leader

American History

Hard · 11×11 · 10 words
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  1. 1. A memory kept alive in a Texan mission.
  2. 4. He resigned without being impeached.
  3. 6. A king's municipality built by John Smith.
  4. 8. Snob to arrange a revolutionary party.
  5. 9. Males turning back to a bewitching town.
  6. 10. Bull moose who promised a square deal.

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  1. 2. A list of cargo, or an obvious destiny.
  2. 3. A turnip's gone bad for these strict settlers.
  3. 5. An alteration to the founding document.
  4. 7. Greek god that landed Americans on the moon.

American History

Medium · 11×11 · 12 words
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  1. 2. Courageous conductor of the Underground Railroad
  2. 5. Victorious Civil War general whose face graces the fifty-dollar bill
  3. 8. Native peoples residing in America prior to European arrival
  4. 10. Gray-clad fighter against the North
  5. 11. Shiny discovery at Sutter's Mill that sparked a massive rush
  6. 12. Compulsory military selection system protested heavily in the 1960s

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  1. 1. Starry banner famously sewn by Betsy Ross
  2. 3. Harbor city where tea was once steeped in salt water
  3. 4. Genoese explorer sailing the ocean blue in 1492
  4. 6. Iron horse track completed with a golden spike
  5. 7. Tall leader who delivered a famous speech at Gettysburg
  6. 9. Texan mission remembered for its tragic but heroic final stand

American History

Easy · 11×11 · 15 words
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  1. 1. Location of the 1969 Apollo 11 landing
  2. 5. Region of the Confederacy during the Civil War
  3. 6. Historic mission in Texas
  4. 9. Head of state in the United States
  5. 12. Democratic right granted to citizens
  6. 13. Confederate soldier in the Civil War
  7. 14. Formal agreement that ends a war
  8. 15. Financial charge levied on colonists

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  1. 2. Original indigenous inhabitant of the land
  2. 3. Banner featuring stars and stripes
  3. 4. Precious metal discovered in California
  4. 7. A change to the United States Constitution
  5. 8. Famous cracked bell in Philadelphia
  6. 10. Patriot famous for a midnight ride
  7. 11. Mandatory recruitment for military service

American History

Hard · 15×15 · 16 words
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  1. 4. Paradoxically polite name for a very bloody American war.
  2. 6. A legally binding change of mind.
  3. 11. The ultimate goal of a famous 1776 breakup letter.
  4. 13. The lone star that used to be its own independent country.
  5. 14. President whose name became synonymous with depression-era shantytowns.
  6. 15. The Parisian paperwork that officially ended the revolution.
  7. 16. The state of being united, which took four years of fighting to preserve.

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  1. 1. A besieged mission that Texans are strictly instructed not to forget.
  2. 2. The ultimate destination of a very expensive 1969 road trip.
  3. 3. A prolonged and divisive jungle conflict.
  4. 5. A constitutional dry spell that made speakeasies wet.
  5. 7. A great economic slump that left many in the dust.
  6. 8. The act of freeing, famously proclaimed in 1863.
  7. 9. A scandalous hotel that became a suffix for every controversy.
  8. 10. The Alabama city where a bus seat started a movement.
  9. 12. A city whose harbor briefly functioned as a giant teapot.

American History

Medium · 11×11 · 14 words
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  1. 1. Washington's winter quarters, Valley ___
  2. 3. Selective Service process
  3. 5. Forty-niner's quest
  4. 7. Star-spangled banner
  5. 9. Capitol Hill group
  6. 11. Oregon pioneer route
  7. 13. Subject of a rebellious tea party

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  1. 2. Bill of ___
  2. 4. Remembered mission?
  3. 6. Whistling tune of the South
  4. 8. Salem witch trial figure, often
  5. 9. Pre-statehood settlement
  6. 10. First American
  7. 12. Legislative decree, like the Stamp one

American History

Easy · 7×7 · 8 words
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  1. 3. Major conflict like the one starting in 1861
  2. 5. Democratic right given to women in 1920
  3. 7. Law passed by a legislative body

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  1. 1. Beverage dumped into Boston Harbor
  2. 2. The Confederate states during the Civil War
  3. 3. Direction pioneers traveled to settle new lands
  4. 4. Someone who fights against their government
  5. 6. Fee on paper and goods that angered colonists
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