the war of independence

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Across
  1. 3. and the colonies
  2. 5. An anonymous 50-page pamphlet, the colonist Thomas Paine
  3. 6. was chosen to express the committee's points
  4. 8. Where he surrendered his battered army to General Gates on
  5. 9. other threats to american liberties
  6. 11. Required colonists to purchase special stamped paper
  7. 12. King George the third
  8. 13. Urging a return to "the former harmony" between
  9. 14. his assistance
  10. 15. Thus presenting it as a British attack on defenseless
  11. 17. Outside Philadelphia, which served as the site of
  12. 18. formal British surrender
Down
  1. 1. Virginia, on the afternoon of October 19,1781, to witness
  2. 2. Communicate with other colonies about this
  3. 4. A brave, idealistic 20-year-old French aristocrat,
  4. 7. Army's camp during the winter of 1777-1778
  5. 10. Known for his broad knowledge and skillfully crafted
  6. 16. 17,1777