American Revolution

5. German soldiers who served as auxiliaries to the British Army during the American Revolutionary War.
6. The spy for the patriots against the loyalists (last name)
8. groups of American colonists who disagreed with British rule of the 13 North American colonies
10. made the most famous ride of his life, to Lexington, to warn patriot leaders in hiding there.
11. It revoked the Royal Proclamation of 1763, which had aimed to assimilate the French-Canadian population under English rule
13. During the Revolutionary War he served in France and Holland in diplomatic roles, and helped negotiate the treaty of peace. (last name)
14. his accomplishments include leading the expedition to transfer sixty tons of captured British cannon from Fort Ticonderoga to Boston
15. acclaimed for his daring surprise attack on British-aligned Hessian mercenaries on Christmas evening 1776 (last name)
17. frontiersmen from along the Susquehanna River in central Pennsylvania who formed a vigilante group in 1763 to defend themselves against attack

1. Best known for his surrender at the Siege of Yorktown in 1781
2. a supporter of union between Great Britain and Northern Ireland
3. British general who successfully commanded all British forces in North America for more than 10 years (1763–74)
4. was fought on Saturday June 17, 1775 during the Siege of Boston in the first stage of the American Revolutionary War
6. a member of a group of armed men who favored independence of the American colonies and who were ready to fight at a minute's notice immediately before and during the American Revolution.
7. the famous publication by Thomas Paine
8. Also known as Francis Maarion
9. Author of the declaration of independence (last name)
12. What holiday did Washington cross the the Delaware
16. first offensive victory for American forces in the Revolutionary War.