Red, Blue, and White! Crossword

Long, narrow bands of color.
Names you instead of real names.
A piece of colored cloth with starts or other symbols on it.
Shapes tht have five or six points.
The day that a person was born or something was started.
Not being under someone else's control or rule.
Another name for North America or the United states.
The national legislative body of the United States.
A group of people who leave their own country to settle in another land.
A series of protest and acts of American colonists from 1763 to 1783 against England.