| SARATOGA | Site of 1777 battle in the American War of Independence (8) |
| SCHUYLER | Philip -- (1733-1804), American general in the American War of Independence (8) |
| YORKTOWN | Major battle of the American War of Independence (8) |
| REDCOATS | British soldiers during the American War of Independence (8) |
| CORNWALLIS | Charles, one of the leading British generals in the American War of Independence (10) |
| SHELBY | Isaac ?, officer in the American War of Independence; first and fifth Governor of Kentucky (6) |
| LAFAYETTE | Marquis de --, French soldier and statesman who fought for the colonists in the American War of Independence (2,7) |
| LLANEROS | Fighters on horseback in the Spanish American Wars of Independence |
| REDCOAT | British soldier in the American War of Independence (7) |
| PAULREVERE | US patriot in the American War of Independence (4,6) |
| ANDRE | John ?, British Army officer hanged as a spy in 1780 during the American War of Independence (5) |
| TEA | Demonstrations against taxation on this beverage triggered the American War of Independence |
| TASMANIA | Cook landfall of 1777 |
| HESSIAN | German mercenary soldier employed by the British during the American War Of Independence |
| BUNKERHILL | 1775 American War of Independence battle (6,4) |
| GETTYSBURG | 1863 battle in the American Civil War (10) |
| REPRESENTATION | 'No taxation without ___', American War of Independence slogan (14) |
| THEPATRIOT | American War of Independence drama starring Mel Gibson, Heath Ledger, Joely Richardson, Chris Cooper and Adam Baldwin |
| RIDERS | Nickname for the 1st United States Volunteer Cavalry in the Spanish-American War of 1898 (6) |
| ROUGH | Nickname for the 1st United States Volunteer Cavalry in the Spanish-American War of 1898 (5) |
