History Crossword

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Across
  1. 2. the colonial army created by the second continental congress
  2. 3. american general who led the continental army to victory
  3. 4. Document that declared the colonies free from Britian in 1776
  4. 8. global conflit that influenced Britains decision to end the war
  5. 9. the 1783 agreement that offically ended the Revolutionary war
  6. 11. war between the american colonies and great britian from 1775-1783
  7. 13. French general who helped Washington at Yorktown
  8. 16. Loyalists were colonists who remained loyal to this country
Down
  1. 1. Area west of the Appalachian mountains gained by the U.S in the Treaty Of Paris
  2. 5. British general who surrendered at Yorktown
  3. 6. the capital city where the Treaty of Paris was signed
  4. 7. congress the governing body that managed the colonial war effort
  5. 10. European country that provided millitary and finacial aid to American colonies
  6. 12. financial problems and war debt that pressured Britain to end the war
  7. 14. Naval power that blocked British escape at Yorktown
  8. 15. the last major battle of the Revolutionary War