Revolutionary War

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Across
  1. 3. Shared purpose that united the colonists
  2. 4. Professional redcoats fighting for the Crown
  3. 6. Site of the “shot heard round the world” (April 1775)
  4. 8. Goal secured for the United States after the war
  5. 10. Month and year of the victory at Yorktown
  6. 11. New national borders set by the 1783 treaty
  7. 12. British at Yorktown hemmed in by land and sea
  8. 13. Fleet that trapped the British by sea at Yorktown
  9. 14. Home-field advantage across vast distances
  10. 15. Overall plan that kept the Continental Army alive
  11. 16. Under-trained, outnumbered, and short on supplies
Down
  1. 1. Cornwallis’s decision ending major fighting
  2. 2. 1781 battle where Cornwallis surrendered
  3. 3. Washington’s title as acting top general
  4. 5. Adams, Franklin, and Jay at the Paris talks
  5. 7. New York fort captured early by colonists
  6. 9. Main American force led by Washington
  7. 12. Month and year the Treaty of Paris was signed