Revolutionary War Crossword

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  1. 3. Members of the American militia that were very trained to fight, got their name from being able to be ready to fight in one minute
  2. 5. Small groups of soldiers that use irregular forms of fighting such as "hit and run" tactics to fight
  3. 6. A document that formally ended the Revolutionary War and established the USA as its own nation
  4. 7. the battle where the British general was forced to surrender
  5. 8. Who said "Give me liberty or give me death"
  6. 12. The location of the "shot heard around the world", or the start of the Revolution
  7. 14. Americans that opposed British rule over the colonies
  8. 16. First president of the US, a founding father, and an army general in the Revolutionary War
  9. 17. The battle that the British technically won, but proved that the Americans were still strong and powerful and gave hope to the colonists
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  1. 1. An occurrence in 1770 where British soldiers killed 5 colonists
  2. 2. A document created by the founding fathers that officially declared America's freedom from Britain.
  3. 4. A political protest where colonists dumped tons of British tea into the harbor
  4. 9. an enlightenment thinker who believed that all men have certain unalienable rights, and that governments get their power from the people
  5. 10. Americans that supported the British rule over the colonies
  6. 11. the name of the British general
  7. 13. Colonists that did not choose a side during the American Revolution
  8. 15. The writer of "Common Sense"