The American Revolution

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  1. 6. Patriot general (last name) who became synonymous with the word "traitor" after plotting to surrender West Point.
  2. 8. Troops, typically on horseback.
  3. 9. British General (last name) who was trapped at Yorktown and forced to surrender in 1781.
  4. 12. The last name of the commander of the Bonhomme Richard who captured the powerful British warship Serapis.
  5. 13. To stop or discontinue, which happened to the American Revolutionary War in 1783.
  6. 14. French Marquis who provided valuable foreign expertise to the Continental Army.
  7. 16. This nation drove the British from West Florida after officially entering the war.
  8. 18. The nickname for the woman, most often identified as Mary Ludwig Hays, who carried water and fought at the Battle of Monmouth.
  9. 19. To formally approve or sign, as the United States did with the Treaty of Paris.
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  1. 1. Site of the decisive battle in 1781 where American and French forces trapped the British, leading to the end of the war.
  2. 2. To maintain or keep going, something the undersupplied Continental Army struggled to do during the bitter winter.
  3. 3. Location in Pennsylvania where Washington's undersupplied army suffered terribly through the winter of 1777–1778.
  4. 4. What the powerful British navy did to many American ports.
  5. 5. American settlers who Sir Henry Clinton hoped would join the British in the Southern Campaign.
  6. 7. German officer (last name) who trained and sharpened the skills of Washington's army during the winter at Valley Forge.
  7. 10. The Patriot victory here in 1777 convinced European nations, led by France, to support the American cause.
  8. 11. A military operation where enemy forces surround a place and cut off supplies, such as the one that ended the war at Yorktown.
  9. 15. Key American fort that Benedict Arnold plotted to surrender to the British in 1780.
  10. 17. A type of warfare using hit-and-run tactics and knowledge of the land, which caused great losses to British forces in the Southern Campaign.
  11. 20. Key European nation that began to support the American cause following the victory at Saratoga.