The American Revolution

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Across
  1. 1. small bands of fighters who weaken the enemy with surprise raids
  2. 4. someone who opposes war
  3. 6. 14 Year Old, captured by the British and refused to betray his country
  4. 8. an overall plan of action
  5. 11. a privately owned ship that a wartime government gives permission to attack an enemy's merchant ships
  6. 13. General of British Troops
  7. 15. helped start the Free African Society
  8. 16. de Lafayette 19 year old French Nobleman who volunteered to serve in Washington's army
  9. 17. sight of Cornwallis's surrender
  10. 18. Naval Hero, but not his real name
Down
  1. 2. Sued for her freedom in a Massachusetts court and won
  2. 3. long steel knives attached to the ends of guns
  3. 5. Battles that led to the surrender of General John Burgoyne
  4. 7. became the commander of the Continental Army
  5. 9. leave military duty without intending to return
  6. 10. Political writer, The American Crisis
  7. 12. instead of a king, the people
  8. 14. a professional soldier hired to fight for a foreign country