AMERICAN REVOLUTION TERMINOLOGY

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Across
  1. 6. Typical rifle used by the Continental Army
  2. 8. Soldiers marching or fighting on foot
  3. 10. Fort captured for its cannons used at Dorchester Heights
  4. 13. Turning point in the war
  5. 14. Many of Washington's men did this rather than fight
  6. 15. Capital city captured by British forcing Continental Congress to flee
  7. 16. Author of The American Crisis and Common Sense
  8. 17. Colonist who sided with the British
  9. 19. Name given to the British army by the patriots
  10. 23. Negotiator of the treaty ending the war who went on to be a president
  11. 25. Person who opposes war for religious reasons
Down
  1. 1. Site of the last major battle in the American Revolution
  2. 2. River crossed by Washington on Christmas night
  3. 3. Large, long-range guns (i.e. cannons) used in warfare
  4. 4. German mercenary soldiers fighting for the British
  5. 5. Type of warfare used by the "Swamp Fox", Francis Marion
  6. 7. The United States received British land all the way to this river after the war
  7. 9. European nation that formed an alliance with the United States during the war
  8. 11. Volunteer soldier who fights for pay
  9. 12. Minor, short term battle or encounter
  10. 18. Benedict Arnold committed this crime
  11. 20. The United States created this with France following Saratoga
  12. 21. Location of the treaty ending the American Revolution
  13. 22. Colonist devoted to the cause of independence from the British
  14. 24. Military force that is raised from the civil population to supplement a regular army