American Revolution Puzzle

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Across
  1. 2. Colonists who remained loyal to the British.
  2. 4. European nation that became an ally of the United States during the war.
  3. 6. Colonists who supported independence from Great Britain.
  4. 8. battle where colonial forces inflicted heavy casualties on the British
  5. 10. The army created by the colonies and led by George Washington.
  6. 12. The commander of the Continental Army who became the first president.
  7. 14. Colonial soldiers ready to fight at a minute's notice.
  8. 15. The town were the British troops retreated after searching for supplies.
Down
  1. 1. British general who surrendered at Yorktown.
  2. 3. Colonists who supported independence from Great Britain.
  3. 5. The conflict in which the American colonies fought for independence from Great Britain
  4. 7. A major issue that angered colonists because Britain gave out taxes
  5. 9. The goal the Patriots wanted during the War.
  6. 11. Town where the first shots of the Revolutionary War were fired.
  7. 13. The agreement signed that officially ended the Revolutionary War.