Across
- 1. the only threat to Cornwallis seemed to be a 24 year old French volunteer named
- 4. organized a force of 175 men into a Ohio valley
- 6. New York voted for the declaration; the document primarily written by?
- 8. according to the British plan ? would lead an army south from montreal to New York
- 9. howe sent soldiers to New Jersey and ?
- 10. green mountain boys decided to capture this fort
- 11. the Hessians at Trenton the next morning and captured 900 of them the British reacted and sent a large force towards who?
- 14. on January 17 1781 Morgan and his men killed or captured most of the Tarleton's at what place
- 15. written by Thomas Paine
- 17. the soldiers were sick and cold at ?
- 19. set out on the same mission as ethan allen
- 21. william howe and his 3000 men were ordered to capture the hills by General Gage
- 22. a symbol of peace
- 24. signed September 3 1783 ended the war with the british
- 25. the most famous American navel officer
- 26. who wrote commonsense
- 27. had to either crush the Americans or wait for rescue
- 28. saw the intolerable acts as abuses
Down
- 2. what happens on July 4 1776
- 3. Cornwallis met little resistance from these troops as he headed to where?
- 5. Burgoyne attacked the Americans under Horatio Gates at freedmen's farm near what?
- 7. congress called the troops?
- 12. met in Philadelphia to discuss how to fight the war with britain
- 13. found frontier men from Patrick Ferguson at this place
- 16. merchant vessels outfitted to fight
- 18. Leader of a force called the green mountain boys
- 20. tried to solve the supply problem but it hardly improved
- 23. were called hessians after the German region that most of them came from