Yorktown and the Treaty of Paris

2. Important American fortress on the Hudson River targeted in Arnold’s plot.
6. – French general who helped plan the Yorktown campaign.
7. Unfair treatment or punishment, especially toward Loyalists after the war.
8. A partnership between nations, such as the one between France and the Americans.
9. British general defeated at the Battle of Yorktown.
10. Officially approved or accepted by Congress.
13. British prime minister who resigned after losing the American colonies.
16. Historic New York City building where Washington said farewell to his officers.
17. Punitive laws passed to punish Boston after the Boston Tea Party.
19. The act of giving up to the enemy.
20. Taxes placed on colonial goods like glass, tea, and paper.
22. The 1783 agreement that officially ended the American Revolutionary War and recognized U.S. independence.
26. Colonial militia members ready to fight at a moment’s notice.
27. Freedom from British rule; becoming a separate nation.
28. 1770 event where British soldiers killed five colonists.
29. Skilled American general known for his strategy in the South.
30. Colonists who remained loyal to Britain during the war.

1. George Washington’s plantation home in Virginia.
3. The crime of betraying one’s country.
4. Path used to deliver food, weapons, and supplies to an army.
5. Final major battle of the war where the British surrendered.
11. American colonists who fought for independence from Britain.
12. Commander of the Continental Army and later the first U.S. president.
14. Law that banned colonists from settling west of the Appalachian Mountains.
15. French admiral whose navy blocked British ships at Yorktown.
18. The main American fighting force during the Revolutionary War.
21. American general who betrayed the Patriots and joined the British.
23. Law that taxed paper goods such as documents, newspapers, and cards.
24. Prussian officer who trained and improved the Continental Army.
25. A military tactic where an enemy is surrounded and cut off from supplies.