Revolutionary War

3. Groups of militia who were trained to respond at a moment's notice.
6. The final major battle of the war; the British surrender to the Continental Army.
9. America's main ally
11. American general who fought bravely at Saratoga but later became America's most famous traitor
12. The commander of the Continental Army
13. British general who surrendered at Saratoga
15. The British general who surrendered at the last major battle, ending the war
16. This Prussian officer helped train troops at Valley Forge.

1. One of Great Britain's first phase strategies; they used their navy ships to line the coast and block port cities.
2. The young French nobleman who helped train the American troops
3. The American Patriots who pledged to defend their colonies.
4. American victory; Washington and his men captured the Hessians on Christmas.
5. These soldiers were rented by the British from their homelands in several Germanic states
7. The target of the list of grievances in the Declaration of Independence
8. The river that marked the new western border of the United States in 1783.
10. American victory; turning point in the war; led to foreign alliances
14. The location of the first shots of the Revolution; the shot heard round the world