Across
- 5. French naval strategy in this bay at Yorktown
- 8. Country that recognized the United States as an independent nation
- 11. He was sent to Virginia in 1781 to stop Cornwallis
- 13. Continental Army commander who was elected as the new leader and voluntarily left after two terms
- 15. Term meaning to approve officially
- 16. Monarch who recognized American independence in the Treaty of Paris, 1783.
- 17. French warships showed up to help this group
- 18. Yorktown is this type of landform
- 19. French commander who joined forces with Washington in New York City
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- 1. Right granted to Americans to fish off the coast of this country
- 2. Number in of American and French troops who trapped the British at Yorktown (in thousands)
- 3. American general who led the attack that captured key British defenses at Yorktown
- 4. Battle where the British band played “The World Turned Upside Down”
- 6. Commander of the British troops at Yorktown who surrendered at Yorktown
- 7. Treaty that ended the American Revolution
- 9. Group of soldiers from Germany allied with the British at Yorktown
- 10. One of the American negotiators of the Treaty of Paris
- 12. Where Washington returned after resigning as Commander
- 14. Term for surrounding the enemy to block troops and supplies
- 20. Lawyer who defended the British soldiers and who also was a delegate at the Treaty of Paris.
