Across
- 2. Commander in chief of the Continental Army
- 5. Site of the “shot heard round the world” (April 1775)
- 7. Defensive earthworks protecting positions
- 9. French noble who aided the American cause
- 10. Tactic of surrounding and bombarding an enemy position
- 11. Hit-and-run small-unit warfare used by Patriots
- 13. Fleet that bottled up Cornwallis at Yorktown
- 15. Shared common cause that kept the colonies fighting
- 16. French general who coordinated with Washington
Down
- 1. Early clash over weapons stores in 1775
- 3. New York fort captured early; yielded artillery
- 4. Naval seal-off preventing escape or resupply
- 6. British general who surrendered at Yorktown
- 8. Vast distance and home-field advantage for colonists
- 12. 1781 siege where British surrendered to end major fighting
- 14. Formal partnership with France against Britain