GSW America 250 Crossword Puzzle

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  1. 3. Influential pamphlet that helped persuade colonists toward independence.
  2. 5. 1777 American victory often called a turning point of the war.
  3. 7. The condition the colonies declared from Great Britain.
  4. 9. Inventor, diplomat, and signer who helped secure French support.
  5. 10. Winter encampment of the Continental Army where 2000 died of cold, hunger, and disease.
  6. 12. Founding figure and later president who urged independence.
  7. 13. 1781 siege where Cornwallis surrendered to allied American and French forces.
  8. 15. War and political movement that created the United States.
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  1. 1. Signer famous for his large, bold signature.
  2. 2. Massachusetts town linked to the first fighting of the Revolution.
  3. 4. A 250th anniversary, such as America’s 2026 milestone.
  4. 6. Principal author of the Declaration of Independence.
  5. 8. Founding document adopted in 1776 to announce American independence.
  6. 11. Site of the “shot heard round the world” in 1775.
  7. 14. Commander of the Continental Army and first U.S. president.