American Revolution

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Across
  1. 3. Document that officially ended the war in 1783 (3 words)
  2. 5. where colonists tossed tea into Boston Harbor
  3. 9. Protest slogan against taxes — "No taxation without ________!"
  4. 11. Winter encampment where Washington's troops suffered but grew stronger the Declaration of Independence was signed
  5. 12. The first battle where British troops fired on colonists in 1770 (2 words)
  6. 15. Site of the Revolution's initial shots — "the shot heard 'round the world"
Down
  1. 1. The country that became the American colonies' ally after Saratoga
  2. 2. The first governing body of colonial leaders that met in Philadelphia
  3. 4. Final major conflict of the war in which Cornwallis surrendered
  4. 6. Pamphlet by Thomas Paine advocating independence (2 words)
  5. 7. Commander of the Continental Army
  6. 8. American win that convinced France to join the war
  7. 10. Writer of the Declaration of Independence
  8. 13. American win that convinced France to join the war
  9. 14. British troops were nicknamed this because of their attire