Across
- 3. treaty signed after the end of the war that formally gave America its independence
- 7. tactics used by American forces in the south to strike small blows against British resources
- 9. British general whose slow tactics led to depleted supplies for the British and American victory
- 13. the state that the British attempted to take in order to separate the New England colonies
- 16. a meeting of delegates from the colonies to discuss British rule
- 17. document written by the founding fathers that outlined the terms of American Independence
- 18. location of the final battle of the Revolutionary war
Down
- 1. locations of the first two battles of the revolutionary war
- 2. a British taxation act causing newspapers and documents to have a stamp tax
- 4. Treaty between France and the colonies agreeing to ally against the British
- 5. violent event in Boston before the start of the war
- 6. general of the American Army during the revolutionary war
- 8. British general who ended the war with his surrender
- 10. American colonists who remained loyal to the British during the war
- 11. ranged and melee weapon used by both sides during the revolutionary war
- 12. a conflict fought between the British and American colonists over the independence of America
- 14. Americans who supported independence
- 15. nation that cornered the British forces at Yorktown from the sea
