Chapter 6.4 The Final Years

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