Revolutionary war

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Across
  1. 2. / first battle of the revolutionary war
  2. 3. Britain / Country that wanted to keep control of the United states
  3. 4. / Major ally of the US who helped end the war
  4. 6. Hill / The Bloodiest Battle of the war, win for the British army
  5. 10. of supplies / Reason for British loss caused by being too far from home/British seperation
  6. 11. war / War between the British and colonies lasted from 1775-1783
  7. 12. United states / Country that wanted freedom from Great Britain
  8. 13. washington / Led the Continental army to success
Down
  1. 1. army / Consisted of soldiers from 13 colonies serving in different militias
  2. 3. Cornwallis / general who surrendered at the battle of Yorktown
  3. 5. William Howe / General who didn't take the war seriously and used slow moving tactics which caused lack of supplies and funding
  4. 6. of saratoga / Two battles were fought here and eventually caused the British to change their military strategy
  5. 7. / Battle where British General Cornwallis surrendered after being surrounded by land and sea
  6. 8. army / strong trained army far from home
  7. 9. of paris / treaty granted the United States full independence and set the boundaries of the nation.