The American Revolution

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  1. 6. A Major General in the Continental Army during the American Revolution and George Washington's most trusted subordinate,
  2. 8. A Major General in the Continental Army best known for leading the Americans to victory at the Battle of Saratoga (1777)
  3. 10. The official agreement that ended the American Revolutionary War, in which Great Britain formally recognized the United States as a free and independent nation,
  4. 11. A crucial American Revolutionary War battle in 1780 where Patriot militia forces decisively defeated and destroyed a large force of American Loyalists in South Carolina.
  5. 12. A General in the American Revolutionary War known as the "Swamp Fox" for his use of effective guerrilla warfare tactics against the British in the swamps
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  1. 1. A political ideology centered on the idea that a state should be governed as a republic,
  2. 2. A leading British General whose surrender at the Siege of Yorktown in 1781 effectively ended the fighting in the American Revolutionary War and secured American independence.
  3. 3. Exceptional skill, knowledge, or judgment in a specific subject.
  4. 4. A member of a small, independent group that fights a larger military
  5. 5. A specific term included in a legal document, contract, or law.
  6. 7. The decisive final land battle of the American Revolutionary War (1781), where the Americans forced the surrender of the British army under General Lord Cornwallis in Yorktown.
  7. 9. A person who chooses peace over violence.