Week 17 Crossword

2. The______ had planned to quickly defeat the colonists by cutting off New England from the Southern colonies.
3. One June 16, 1776, the Americans entered the Charleston Peninsula, occupied ____ ____, and then moved on the Breed's Hill.
6. published a book to inspire the new country
9. river General Washington and his soldiers had to cross.
10. In the winter of 1777-78, General Washington camped with the 12,000 men of the continental Army at _____ ______
14. The loyalists surrendered to the Patriots after the battle here.
15. Signed on Sept. 3 1783, an agreement to end the war.
17. ____ heard round the world, on April 19,1775, which started the war

1. The Americans and French forced British Army General Cornwallis to surrender here.
4. Was inspired by the patriots and came to fight with them
5. a professional soldier hired to serve in a foreign war
7. ________ in the Revolutionary War ended in 1781.
8. One Dec. 23, 1783, ______ stepped away and resigned his Commision.
11. Britain General _______ took his army to Yorktown in hope of fresh supplies and more soldiers.
12. The _______ were mercenaries and participated in every major battle of the war
13. _____ would recognize the US as an independent nation, one of the results of Treat of Paris
16. are a symbol of a nation