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- 2. A weapon attached to the end of a firearm to allow for hand to hand combat.
- 5. The color of the British soldiers' coats.
- 7. Type of fighting that uses raids, ambushes, and hit and run tactics.
- 11. This is the battle was a major turning point in the war and garnered physical support from the French.
- 12. Met in Philadelphia during the war as the acting national government.
- 13. Considered a citizen army.
- 14. This is the battle in the dead of winter that Washington's leadership kept the army together despite harsh conditions.
- 16. This women hung certain colored clothes out to signal the location of hidden documents for spies.
- 19. This is the battle occurred on Christmas and Washington crossed the Delaware River to surprise attack the British.
- 20. This was the last major battle of the Revolutionary War.
- 23. This was a network of spies.
- 24. The color of the Colonist soldiers' coats.
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- 1. Leader of the Continental Army.
- 3. These people were given freedom in exchange for their military service on both sides of the war.
- 4. They wanted independence from Great Britain.
- 6. This person was a Colonial soldier and spy who was hung by the British.
- 8. Members of the colonial militia were often called this because they needed to be ready at a moment's notice.
- 9. Some of these people sided with the British and others with the Colonists.
- 10. They sometimes were called Loyalists because they remained loyal to Great Britain.
- 15. A type of firearm that was most commonly used and very inaccurate.
- 17. One of the most well known American spy networks.
- 18. German soldiers hired to fight for the British.
- 21. These people served as nurses, Camp Followers, spies, replacement workers, and sometimes soldiers.
- 22. A type of firearm with spiral grooves that improved accuracy and range.
