Lesson 7 Revolutionary War Vocab Review

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Across
  1. 4. Non-army soldiers who used hit and run tactics to ambush the British
  2. 6. The struggle of the colonies in North America to gain their independence from Great Britain
  3. 10. A nation that joins another nation in some common effort, such as fighting a war
  4. 11. An overall plan, such as for winning a war
  5. 13. A British general that made a choice to rest at Yorktown
Down
  1. 1. A British general who got lost in New York and was defeated at Saratoga
  2. 2. A major victory for the Americans that encouraged France and Spain to become allies
  3. 3. The American army during the American Revolution
  4. 5. A system of government in which the power to govern belongs to the people
  5. 7. A French General who joined Washington to defeat the British
  6. 8. Site where the Continental Army spent a miserable winter; Lafeyette joins them, buys supplies
  7. 9. German mercenaries hired by the British to fight against the Continental Army
  8. 12. A port city occupied by the British Army where they were eventually trapped, ending the war