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2. colonists, sometimes called Tories, who remained loyal to Britain.
4. German mercenaries who fought for the British.
5. naval commander who said, “I have not yet begun to fight!”
9. a Prussian military officer who trained the Continental army.
11. the peace agreement signed in 1783,in which Great Britain recognized the independence of the United States.
13. a surveyor who led the Patriots’ western campaign.
14. Patriot leader who is also known as the "Swamp Fox" and famous for his guerilla tactics used against the British.
15. the document that formally announced the colonies’ break from Great Britain signed on July 4th, 1776.
17. a great victory for the American forces in which British general John Burgoyne surrendered his entire army to American general Horatio Gates.

1. commander of 4,000 French troops that aided the Patriot forces at the Battle of Yorktown.
3. a battle won by the Patriots against Hessian mercenaries on Christmas day 1776.
5. the main author of the Declaration of Independence.
6. an enslaved African who worked as a spy and provided information that gave the Continental army an advantage at Yorktown.
7. a Frenchman aristocrat who volunteered to serve in the Continental army without pay and used his money and influence to support the Patriots.
8. immigrant from Poland who spied for the Patriots and later used his skills as a banker to help fund the American Revolution.
10. author of Common Sense who wrote that citizens, not monarchs, should make laws.
12. the last major battle of the American Revolution.
16. a 47-page pamphlet that argued against British rule over America,