American Revolution

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Across
  1. 2. (of Paris) treaty that officially ended the Revolutionary War
  2. 4. american general who led the Continental Army to victory
  3. 8. (War) the fighting strategy used by American forces to harass and ambush British troops.
  4. 10. this European nation provided crucial naval support to the Americans
  5. 12. the final major battle of the Revolutionary War leading too the British surrender.
  6. 14. river crossed by George Washington in a surprise attack on Christmas night 1776
  7. 15. (Sense) the famous pamphlet by Thomas Paine that inspired many colonists to support independence
Down
  1. 1. battle in which the continental Army defeated the Hessians
  2. 3. surrender site of British General Cornwallis marking end of Revolutionary War.
  3. 5. secretly aided the Americans by sending money, troops, and supplies
  4. 6. the British King who lost the American colonies
  5. 7. (Forge) where the Continental Army endured a brutal winter but emerged stronger.
  6. 9. french general who played a key role in the American victory at Yorktown
  7. 11. the commander of the British forces in America during the Revolutionary War
  8. 13. american strategy focused on wearing down the British through attrition.