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Across 3. a person who risks a lot of money for profit 4. to sell goods abroad 6. the ability to read and write 8. americans who were still loyal to Britain 9. a colony run by a governor and a council appointed by the king or queen 11. to cancel an act or law 12. ideas or information designed and spread to influence opinion 14. a rag figure representing an unpopular individual 16. a powerful group of native americans in the eastern part of the U.S. 18. conflict between to groups of citizens of the same country 19. companies of civilian soldiers who boasted that they were ready to fight on a minutes notice 22. a formal expression of opinion 23. the introduction to a formal document 24. incoming money

Down 1. legal document that enables officers to search homes and warehouses for goods that might be smuggled 2. an organization that used meetings, letters, and pamphlets to spread political ideas through the colonies 5. american colonists determined to fight the British until independence was won 7. to refuse to buy items or goods from a particular country 10. colony established by a group of settlers who who had been given a charter 13. the act of not importing or using certain goods 15. a formal request 17. a close association of nations or other groups 20. a group of civilians trained to fight in emergencies 21. a document that gives the holder the right to settle in an area