Across
- 1. a person who carries a message or is employed to carry messages.
- 5. a member of a group of English Protestants who regarded the Reformation of the Church of England under Elizabeth as incomplete and sought to simplify and regulate forms of worship.
- 9. consisted of soldiers from all 13 colonies and, after 1776, from all 13 states.
- 10. military base/prision
- 12. an other word for the British soldiers
- 15. a place with temporary accommodations consisting of huts or tents, typically for troops or nomads.
- 16. a herring-like fish that spends much of its life in the sea, typically entering rivers to spawn.
- 17. a person who serves in an ary/military
- 18. a permanent unit of an army typically commanded by a colonel and divided into several companies, squadrons, or batteries and often into two battalions.
- 19. civilian colonists who independently organized to form militia companies self-trained in weaponry, tactics, and military strategies
- 20. a military officer who acts as an administrative assistant to a senior officer.
Down
- 1. military weapons, ammunition, equipment, and stores.
- 2. loyalist to the king
- 3. a person who vigorously supports their country and is prepared to defend it against enemies or detractors.
- 4. a blade that may be fixed to the muzzle of a rifle and used to stab an opponent in hand-to-hand fighting.
- 6. word to describe the London militia
- 7. a barrier formed from upright wooden posts or stakes, especially as a defense against attack or as a means of confining animals.
- 8. a highly poisonous European plant
- 11. the current of water in a millrace.
- 13. an establishment for the sale of beer and other drinks to be consumed on the premises, sometimes also serving food.
- 14. a person who rises in opposition or armed resistance against an established government or ruler.