TOPIC 3 LESS 4&5 KEY TERMS AND PEOPLE

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Across
  1. 5. Prussian soldier who taught colonial soldiers to march and drill
  2. 7. Polish engineer who build forts and other defenses for GW
  3. 8. an important fort in New York - now the U.S. military Academy
  4. 12. shutting down a port to keep people/goods from moving in/out
  5. 13. the Swamp Fox
  6. 15. young French soldier assisted GW and became very friendly with hom
  7. 16. a soldier who is fighting for pay; not for patriotism
  8. 20. approve
  9. 21. rights that cannot be taken away
  10. 25. location where GW’s troops faced and extremely difficult winter
  11. 26. American who turned traitor and fought for the British
Down
  1. 1. American general who won the battle of Cowpens by tricking the British
  2. 2. RI general who used knowledge of geography to outsmart the British
  3. 3. location in NY where GW met with his soldiers at the end of the war
  4. 4. father of the American Navy
  5. 6. a soldier who fights with ‘hit-and-run” tactics
  6. 9. to surround, blockade and fire on an enemy’s location in order to force surrender
  7. 10. major turning point in the war that convinced France to aid the Americans
  8. 11. soldiers on horseback
  9. 14. freedoms that all people have from birth
  10. 17. Polish soldier who trained American cavalry
  11. 18. British general who lost at the Battle of Yorktown
  12. 19. to make certain
  13. 22. one who betrays their country
  14. 23. introduction
  15. 24. clear; obvious