The American Revolutionary War

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  1. 3. This patriot from South Carolina decided the fight with guerrilla warfare against the British
  2. 6. The French navy defeated the British navy in this battle to seal the Britons in Yorktown
  3. 8. On September 3, 1783, Britain signed this peace agreement with the Thirteen Colonies for independence from Britain
  4. 9. This Prussian general helped to train and organize Washington's soldiers in Valley Forge
  5. 10. Patriots lost this battle north of the thirteen colonies to the redcoats
  6. 11. This victory for the British to gain Philadelphia was led by General William Howe
  7. 15. A terrible disaster on the night of September 20-21, 1776
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  1. 1. The twenty-one year old school teacher who volunteered to spy on the British
  2. 2. George Washington led this surprise attack on Hessian troops the morning after Christmas, 1776
  3. 4. He was a major British general in the Revolutionary war who surrendered at Yorktown
  4. 5. This French friend of George Washington's became one of his officers in the Revolutionary War
  5. 7. A Scottish-born American in the United States Navy that attacked British ships
  6. 12. Broken ships used as prisons
  7. 13. In February of 1778, this was the first European country to acknowledge the Declaration of Independence
  8. 14. German soldiers hired by the British to fight against the patriots