People of the Revolution
Across
- 7. His signature is the largest and most legible on the Declaration of Independence
- 8. nominated George Washington to be the Commander-in-Chief and later became Washington's right hand man
- 9. credited with writing the Declaration of Independence
- 10. Secured allied support with the French
Down
- 1. Took over her husband's position of loading cannons when he collapsed at the Battle of Monmouth.
- 2. credited with making the first American Flag
- 3. Stayed with her husband at Valley Forge and comforted the wounded and encouraged the soldiers.
- 4. wife of a Founding Father who melted her own silver to make musket balls for the troops
- 5. Known as the "Swamp Fox" because of his sneaky guerrilla warfare in the swamps of SC
- 6. "Give me liberty, or give me death!"