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Across
  1. 2. General who led the Continental Army and later became the first president.
  2. 4. Alliance with this country formed after the Battle of Saratoga, helping American victory.
  3. 6. British victory and sounds almost the same as Breed’s Hill.
  4. 9. British general defeated at Saratoga, losing important territory.
  5. 10. First Continental _______________
  6. 15. An important leader involved in the capture of Fort Ticonderoga.
  7. 16. important battle leading to British surrender.
  8. 17. British commander in chief during the early years of the war.
  9. 19. British law taxing printed materials in the colonies.
  10. 22. British capture of Philadelphia, the Continental capital.
  11. 23. Writer of the Declaration of Independence.
  12. 24. British victory confirming Georgia's coast.
Down
  1. 1. Diplomat who secured French support for the Americans.
  2. 3. British king during the Revolutionary War.
  3. 5. British general who surrendered at Yorktown.
  4. 7. Treaty of ____________
  5. 8. First shots of the war, fought in Massachusetts.
  6. 11. Colonial protest dumping tea into Boston Harbor.
  7. 12. Colonial militia ready to fight at any notice.
  8. 13. Winter camp known for voilent conditions and training under Von Steuben and Washington.
  9. 14. British victory that forced Washington's retreat across New Jersey.
  10. 18. Fort captured by Ethan Allen and Benedict Arnold.
  11. 20. Declaration of __________________
  12. 21. Victory convincing France to join the American cause.