| BUNKERHILL | 1775 American War of Independence battle (6,4) |
| SARATOGA | War of Independence battle |
| PRS | Initials-sharers of the famous 1775 American silversmith |
| PRINCETON | Future king not overthrown where War of Independence battle was fought? |
| IBIZA | Sanchez ultimately in the hands of leaders of independence battle in autonomous Catalan-speaking territory (5) |
| CORNWALLIS | Charles, one of the leading British generals in the American War of Independence (10) |
| PAULREVERE | US patriot in the American War of Independence (4,6) |
| THEPATRIOT | American War of Independence drama starring Mel Gibson, Heath Ledger, Joely Richardson, Chris Cooper and Adam Baldwin |
| YORKTOWN | Major battle of the American War of Independence (8) |
| SHELBY | Isaac ?, officer in the American War of Independence; first and fifth Governor of Kentucky (6) |
| SCHUYLER | Philip -- (1733-1804), American general in the American War of Independence (8) |
| TEA | Taxation on this beverage triggered the American War of Independence |
| REDCOAT | British soldier in the American War of Independence (7) |
| REPRESENTATION | 'No taxation without ___', American War of Independence slogan (14) |
| REDCOATS | British soldiers during the American War of Independence (8) |
| ANDRE | John ?, British Army officer hanged as a spy in 1780 during the American War of Independence (5) |
| LAFAYETTE | Marquis de ---, French general and statesman who fought in the American War of Independence (9) |
| LLANEROS | Fighters on horseback in the Spanish American Wars of Independence |
| BUENAVISTA | 1847 battle of the Mexican-American War (5,5) |
| STEPHCRANE | Author who covered the Spanish-American War for New York newspapers |
