The American Revolution

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Across
  1. 2. British soldiers captured this city to spend the winter of 1777
  2. 5. The turning point of the war
  3. 8. Colonists who supported independence
  4. 10. Author of the Declaration of Independence
  5. 12. The last major battle of the war
  6. 15. Benjamin Franklin was in this country trying to make negotiations
  7. 18. Wounded in battle after taking her husband's place
  8. 19. The number of votes each state had in Congress
  9. 20. Colonists who remained loyal to the king
  10. 22. "Soldier's friend"
  11. 23. Commander in chief of the Continental Army
  12. 24. Brought water to American soldiers during battle
Down
  1. 1. Colonial paper money
  2. 3. One of the strategies in the Battle of Bunker Hill
  3. 4. Where Washington stationed his soldiers for the winter of 1777
  4. 6. Author of the booklet Common Sense
  5. 7. The treaty that ended the war
  6. 9. Surprise attack on Hessian mercenaries
  7. 11. The name of the petition sent to the king asking for peace
  8. 13. A rise in the price of all goods
  9. 14. Complaints
  10. 16. Dressed in men's clothes so she could fight
  11. 17. This side won the Battle of Bunker Hill
  12. 21. Rode more than 40 miles on horseback to tell Americans of a British attack