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Which group of people took on more responsibility?
Women
Which group of people were divided about the war?
African Americans
What the first land battle fought in Virginia during the American Revolution?
Great Bridge
Who rode on horseback through the backwoods of Virginia to warn Thomas Jefferson and other members of the General Assembly that the British were coming?
Jack Jouett
In which city did an American victory bring about the end of the Revolutionary War?
Yorktown
Why was the Battle of Yorktown so important?
The British Army surrendered, bring an end to the war.
Name the three capitals in order.
Jamestown, Williamsburg, Richmond
Name the three reasons the capital moved from Williamsburg to Richmond.
1. The population was moving westward 2. Moving to Richmond increased the distance from British attack 3. Richmond was a more central location
How many times has Virginia's capital been moved?
twice
As the capitals of Virginia were changing, the population was moving in which direction?
westward
What Virginian provided political leadership by expressing the reasons for colonial independence from Great Britain in the Declaration of Independence?
Thomas Jefferson
During the Revolutionary War, the group most likely to join either side of the war to gain their freedom, were who?
enslaved African Americans
What was the result of the Revolutionary War?
Great Britain gave up control of the colonies
Women took on more ______.
responsibility
Thomas was a solider who lived in Virginia long ago. He lived in the capital that provided soldiers with the most time to prepare for an attack by the British. Where di he live?
Richmond
