AMERICAN REVOLUTION SNAKE PUZZLE #1

DIRECTIONS:  

(1)  Answer the following trivia questions.  The number of letters in the answer (excluding spaces) is given in parentheses at the end of the question.                     

(2) Find the answers in the letter grid below.  The answers will be found horizontally, vertically, diagonally, forward and back.  In addition, the answers snake around, meaning they make ninety degree turns at different points in the answer.  Also, the answers in the grid can overlap each other. However, vertical or horizontal answers will only snake vertically or horizontally.  Diagonal clues will only snake diagonally.  

Example: If two separate answers are Washington and Cornwallis, possible clue configurations are as follows:

Note that Washington only snakes vertically and horizontally and Cornwallis only snakes diagonally.

(3) When you cross out all the answers in the grid, you will be left with three clues to another puzzle.  The clues can be found by reading all the uncrossed out letters, left to right, top to bottom and will be hidden in the middle of the line of letters.  These clues will be used in a future puzzle.

TRIVIA QUESTIONS

 April 1775 battle that opened the Revolutionary war -  (19)

Fort captured by Americans in May 1775 – (11)

This June 1775 battle was a costly victory for the British – (10)

This March 1776 naval battle was one of the first engagements of the new US Navy and the first action seen by the Continental Marines – (6)

The 1776 fortification of these heights led to the British evacuation of Boston – (10)

This August 1776 battle was the largest of the war and was a decisive British victory – (10)

This October 1776 naval battle, though a British victory, was a strategic victory for the colonials – (13)

This December 1776 American victory followed Washington’s crossing of the Delaware River – (7)

This January 1777 Colonial victory led to the British loss of control over much of New Jersey -  (9)

This minor July 1777 battle is the only one fought on Vermont soil – (10)

This bloody August 1777 New York battle was fought almost entirely by North Americans – (8)

This August 1777 New York battle is named after a Vermont city that sat close by – (10)

This September 1777 British victory left the revolutionary capital of Philadelphia undefended and easily captured – (10)

This battle of September and October 1777 resulted in a decisive American victory over British troops invading New York from Canada – (8)

This December 1777 battle was the last major engagement between Colonial and British forces before Washington made his way to Valley Forge – (10)

This June 1778 battle was associated with the legend of Molly Pitcher and resulted in a draw – (8)

This July 1778 battle resulted in charges of atrocities being made against Iroquois warriors – (7)

This November 1778 Massacre was an attack made by British and Seneca Indians against colonials – (12)

This August 1779 battle was the only major engagement of the expedition ordered by Congress to end the Iroquois threat in New York – (6)

This 1779 Siege involved 500 Haitian soldiers fighting for France on behalf of the colonials – (8)

This famous September 1779 naval battle was an American and French victory – (15)

This 1780 seige resulted in eventual submission of South Carolina to the British -  (10)

This August 1780 British victory resulted in command of the Colonial southern Army being transferred from General Gates to General Greene – (6)

This October 1780 American victory persuaded Cornwallis to abandon plans of taking North Carolina – (13)

This January 1781 battle was a military attempt made by the French to invade the British Isles – (6)

This January 1781 battle in South Carolina was a resounding victory by the American Revolutionary Forces under the command of Brigadier General Daniel Morgan – (7) 

 This March 1781 North Carolina battle was a costly British victory – (18)

This May 1781 battle was the last major engagement in the Carolinas – (12)

This 1781 battle resulted in a decisive victory of Washington and Rochambeau over Lord Cornwallis and effectively ended the War – (8)

This April 1782 naval battle resulted in the British fleet parrying the attempts of a combined French and Spanish fleet from taking Jamaica – (7)

This August 1782 battle resulted in an embarrassing defeat for Kentuckians against British rangers and American Indians – (9)

The British siege of this town began on April 19, 1775 – (6)

Now called Portland, Maine, hundreds of this town’s buildings were burned by British ships -  (8)

This December 1775 battle ended British control of Virginia – (11)

In December 1775, the colonials failed to take this city – (6)

A 1776 British victory occurring near Montreal Canada – (6)

The fall of this location in 1776 opened the Hudson River to British shipping for a time – (14)

This July 1778 New York battle might have been the first instance the stars and stripes were flown in battle – (7)

An August 1777 raid by Americans on British troops – (12)

This September 1777 Pennsylvania battle was alleged to have become a massacre of American troops by the British – (5)

A failed October 1777 attack by Washington on troops commanded by Howe  - (10)

A minor May 1778 skirmish in Massachusetts – (8)

In December 1778, the British took this contested Wabash River town without a fight – (9)

General Wayne was awarded a medal by Congress for taking this British stronghold in 1779 – (10)

A May 1780 Loyalist victory in South Carolina – (11)

This attack was a failed attempt made by the British in June 1780 to take the American headquarters in Morristown – (11)

A 1780 British-led Indian raid made through the White River Valley – (8)

A February 1781 Patriot victory in North Carolina – (8)

A 1781 siege in Georgia that resulted in an American victory – (7)

A 1781 New York battle resulting in an American victory under Colonel Willet – (9)

In 1782, this was the first of several indecisive naval battles between the Britain and France fought off the coast of India – (6)