Ch. 7 Crossword: The American Revolution

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Across
  1. 2. the battle the Americans won that convinced the French to help out
  2. 3. large knives attached to the barrels of muskets
  3. 4. one of America's first black preachers
  4. 5. a privately owned ship that a wartime government gives permission to attack an enemy’s merchant ships.
  5. 9. a person who is against all forms of fighting
  6. 10. a French military term meaning "to meet"
  7. 12. the war ended with the Treaty of _______.
  8. 14. an American naval commander who beat a British ship, then STOLE it
  9. 16. a soldier for hire
  10. 17. hit-and-run warfare
  11. 18. a French nobleman who helped the Americans
Down
  1. 1. general of the American Continental Army
  2. 2. a general plan of action
  3. 6. a government where authority is gained from the citizens
  4. 7. a slave who sued for her freedom AND WON after the war
  5. 8. the battle where the British ultimately lost the war
  6. 11. an African-American privateer who said he'd sooner go to prison than abandon America
  7. 13. the British General who surrendered to the Americans at Yorktown
  8. 15. to leave military duty without permission
  9. 19. a country that agrees to help another country achieve a common goal