Revolutionary war

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Across
  1. 2. Reason for British loss caused by being too far from home/British seperation
  2. 3. first battle of the revolutionary war
  3. 5. Battle where British General Cornwallis surrendered after being surrounded by land and sea
  4. 7. Major ally of the US who helped end the war
  5. 9. General who didn't take the war seriously and used slow moving tactics which caused lack of supplies and funding
  6. 10. general who surrendered at the battle of Yorktown
  7. 11. Consisted of soldiers from 13 colonies serving in different militias
  8. 12. strong trained army far from home
  9. 13. treaty granted the United States full independence and set the boundaries of the nation.
  10. 14. Two battles were fought here and eventually caused the British to change their military strategy
  11. 15. The Bloodiest Battle of the war, win for the British army
Down
  1. 1. Country that wanted freedom from Great Britain
  2. 4. Led the Continental army to success
  3. 6. War between the British and colonies lasted from 1775-1783
  4. 8. Country that wanted to keep control of the United states