7.1 Winning Independence

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Across
  1. 2. people not in the military
  2. 4. had set up his headquarters at Yorktown
  3. 5. left Poland to serve in the Continental Amy, and helped make plans for a fort at West Point
  4. 8. the battle here proved that American forces could defeat the British in the South
  5. 10. led the Continental Army in the South, and told his soldiers "never to give up"
  6. 11. got a name Molly Picher by carrying pitchers of water to American troops, and also served for her husband
  7. 12. was a teacher who served as an American spy in New York
  8. 13. someone who acts against their country or government
  9. 15. American navy commander, and battled larger British ships
Down
  1. 1. the British held the field
  2. 3. is in New York, and now part of the U.S military Academy
  3. 6. also known as Charleston, in South Carolina
  4. 7. a former Continental Army officer, and led British attacks on Virginia towns
  5. 9. was Britain's first target in the South
  6. 14. was on Chesapeake Bay