6  A soldier and spy of the Continental Army and executed by the British

10 Citizen soldiers not part of the Continental Army

11 Drafted the US Constitution and the fourth President

12 British _____ India Company had a virtual monopoly on British colonial trade

13 Washington led the _____ Army

18 Is a political figure appointed to represent the monarch in a colony 

19 American colonists who fought for independence

20 French military officer and aide to Washington

 2  Rebellion against debtors’ courts and the Massachusetts state government in 1786-87

 3  ______ Acts were Britain’s response to the Boston Tea Party

 4  Founding Father sent to France as the first US ambassador in 1776

 5  American commander in chief

 7  Declaration of __________ is the founding document of the US

 8  Early advocate of human rights & wife of a US President

 9  Protest against Britain's tax on tea

14 Bill of ______ enshrined many civil liberties in the Constitution

15 Shot heard around the __________

16 House of ______ is the upper house of the British parliament

17 Alternative name of a Loyalist