Across
- 2. brought independence to Great Britain's American colonies in the late 18th century
- 3. consented to the hiring of thousands of Hessian mercenaries to assist the British troops already in America in crushing the rebellion
- 7. Charles Cornwallis was a British army officer who served as a general
- 8. army," one had to be created in the first place
- 12. Nearly one third of all the battles fought during the American Revolution were fought in New York State
- 13. The Continental Army was created to coordinate military efforts of the Colonies in their war for independence against the British, who sought to keep their American lands under control
- 15. The Declaration summarized the colonists' motivations for seeking independence
- 18. The American Revolution comes to an end with the ratification
- 19. The American Revolution began after Great Britain passed a series of new taxes designed to generate revenue from the colonies in 1763
- 20. Officers and Gentlemen ; General Nathanael Greene. Greene emerged from the Revolutionary War
Down
- 1. many in the new republic did not gain access to either freedom or equality
- 4. growing tensions between residents of Great Britain's 13 North American colonies and the colonial government, which represented the British crown
- 5. whip the Continental Army into shape
- 6. required the colonies to house British soldiers in barracks provided by the colonies
- 9. the Continental Congress formally adopted the Declaration of Independence
- 10. revived the boycott on tea and inspired direct resistance not seen since the Stamp Act crisis
- 11. emotions are running high, and a sense of gloom is encompassing Massachusetts, and other colonies in America
- 14. Parliament's intolerable policies sowed the seeds of American rebellion
- 16. The Treaty of Paris of 1783 formally ended the American Revolutionary War
- 17. under Arnold's command, Burr participated in the American invasion of Canada