Across
- 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
Down
- 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