Revolutionary War

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Across
  1. 2. Commander in chief of the Continental Army
  2. 5. Site of the “shot heard round the world” (April 1775)
  3. 7. Defensive earthworks protecting positions
  4. 9. French noble who aided the American cause
  5. 10. Tactic of surrounding and bombarding an enemy position
  6. 11. Hit-and-run small-unit warfare used by Patriots
  7. 13. Fleet that bottled up Cornwallis at Yorktown
  8. 15. Shared common cause that kept the colonies fighting
  9. 16. French general who coordinated with Washington
Down
  1. 1. Early clash over weapons stores in 1775
  2. 3. New York fort captured early; yielded artillery
  3. 4. Naval seal-off preventing escape or resupply
  4. 6. British general who surrendered at Yorktown
  5. 8. Vast distance and home-field advantage for colonists
  6. 12. 1781 siege where British surrendered to end major fighting
  7. 14. Formal partnership with France against Britain