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Across
  1. 3. of Liberty – Female group that organized the Boston tea party.
  2. 5. Gates – General who faced off against Cornwallace at Camden, South Carolina.
  3. 8. Von Stueben – Officer in the Prussian army who trained the American troops at valley forge.
  4. 10. Kosciusko – A polish man who helped build important defenses for the Americans.
  5. 11. Paul Jones – American naval officer who led and won the battle against the British ship
  6. 12. Hired soldiers.
  7. 13. – towns people that were untrained, but formed groups to fight the British.
  8. 14. Marion – American leader who employed hit and run tactics. Was also known as "Swamp Fox"
  9. 15. Serapis", and was able to break the blockade.
  10. 16. Sampson – A women that disguised herself as a man to fight in the war.
  11. 18. De Lafayette – The French leader at Valley Forge who believed that the American cause was the future for humanity.
  12. 19. Doodle- A song that the British used to make fun of the Americans, but was later changed by Americans to support Washington.
Down
  1. 1. Salem – An African American that fought at Bunker hill, the war, and won his freedom.
  2. 2. Supporters of leaving the British.
  3. 4. Rodgers Clark – Virginia militia captain who vowed the recapture the British town of Vincennes.
  4. 6. Generals – Leaders of the British Army.
  5. 7. Pulaski – A polish man who was promoted to general.
  6. 8. De Galvez – A Spanish governor who sent supplies up the river to Clark, he raised an army to fight the British, and drove the British out of the Gulf of Mexico.
  7. 9. - A privately owned merchant ship outfitted with weapons.
  8. 11. De Merrales – A Spaniard who convinced Spain, Cuba, and Mexico to send money to America.
  9. 17. Americans – People that were from Africa that were taking or moved to the colonies.