History 17 & 18 Crossword
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
 
 
Down: 1) Also named the "Black Snake" because he defeated the Indians and pushed them out of a very large part of Ohio.2) Volunteers that fought to defend their homes and families, and selected their own leaders.4) Desperate farmers who couldn't pay their taxes took over a courthouse so their farms wouldn't be seized by the government.5) He built a fort overnight that overlooked Boston Harbor that forced the British to leave Boston.9) Won the Battle of Long Island and asks for an American surrender.11) A pioneer that blazed trails and led others into the western wilderness on several Indian trails to create the Wilderness Road.13) The British recognized the independence of the United States of America, with the British troops agreeing to move out of the US. The borders of the US were from the Atlantic Ocean to the Mississippi River and from the Great Lakes south to Florida.14) A high rock on the Ohio River below Marietta that Indians used to climb up top and watch for emigrants coming down the River in boats. The Indians would shoot at the boats hoping to leave it full of dead or wounded people.15) The name of the ship that General Putnam built to take down the Ohio River west to build a new settlement. Across: 2) Someone involved in guerrilla warfare tactics; derived from the Spanish word "guerra" (war)3) What friend did Daniel Boone have in Virginia?6) What friend did Daniel Boone have in Virginia?7) 3 British Forts in the West.8) A time when each state wrote its own constitutions.10) An alliance of independent states.12) Marietta, Ohio was named after ___.15) The country on the Miami River where so many Indians killed many settlers was called what?16) Where General Rufus Putnam with a company of emigrants went to settle in 1788.17) Irregular fighting between small forces that is not usually planned ahead of time.18) A style of war involving small groups typically raiding or harassing much larger forces.
 

 

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