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  • James Armistead Lafayette was a slave who _____________________.
    spied on the English army.
  • True or False? Virginia patriots who did not fight in the war helped in other ways.
    True
  • True or False? Lexington and Concord signed to the British that Americans would fight for their freedom.
    False
  • Who wrote the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom?
    James Madison
    Thomas Jefferson
    George Washington
    Patrick Henry
  • Which Virginians were loyal to King George and wanted to stay with Great Britain?
    loyalists
  • ho helped James Lafayette be granted his freedom?
    Patrick Henry
    George Washinhton
    Marquis de Lafayette
    William Armistead
  • What became the capital of Virginia in 1780?
    Williamsburg
    Jamestown
    Richmond
  • During the Revolutionary War, the colonists were helped by the ____________.
    French
  • What title do we give the group of men who signed the Declaration of Independence?
    Our Founding Fathers
  • The final battle of the Revolutionary War took place in ________________.
    Yorktown
    Richmond
    Williamsburg
    Hampton
  • Who were allies, or supporters, of the colonies and were helping the Americans during the war?
    French
  • The event in which colonists dumped tea into the Boston Harbor to protest the Townsend Acts is called the ____________________.
    Boston Tea Party
  • Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?
    Thomas Jefferson
  • The Battle of Yorktown was the ______ major battle of the American Revolution
    first
    last
    third
    fifth
  • When was the Battle of Yorktown?
    1775
    1776
    1783
    1781
  • The first Continental Congress met in the year __________.
    1774
  • George Washington provided military leadership by _________________.
    commanding the Continental Army.
  • Who rode his horse the entire night to warn Thomas Jefferson that the British were coming to arrest him?
    Jack Jouett
  • British lawmakers are called _________________.
    Parliament
  • All the following are reasons why the capital was moved EXCEPT?
    The population was moving westward
    Moving increased the distance of attack by the British
    The population was moving westward
    Richmond was a more central location
  • Who inspired patriots when he spoke out against taxation with representation with his "Give me liberty or give me death!” speech.
    Patrick Henry
  • Thomas Jefferson provided political leadership by ____________________.
    writing the Declaration of Independence.
  • What was one of Patrick Henry's natural talents?
    compromising
  • Patrick Henry was a Virginia patriot who said _________________.
    "Give me liberty or give me death!"
  • The Battle of Yorktown resulted in the surrender of what country?
    Spanish
    French
    British
    American
  • True or False? James Armistead Lafayette was freed from slavery after the war.
    True
  • ______________________ was elected by the committee to write the Declaration of Independence.
    Thomas Jefferson
  • Patriots believed ______________ was worth fighting and dying for.
    freedom
  • hat war had just ended in 1763 that cost Britain a lot of money?
    American Revolution
    French Revolution
    French and Indian
    Civil War
  • Some Virginians did not take sides in the war. They were-
    nuetral
  • Some enslaved African Americans supported the British because they were promised -
    their freedom
  • Several ideas expressed in the Virginia Declaration of Rights and the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom were later included in-
    The Declaration of Independence
    The Bill of Rights
    The Virginia State Constitution
    The Virginia Charters
  • The colonists did not have a say in the British taxes they had to pay. This is called ____________________________________.
    taxation without representation
  • Who provided military leadership by serving as commander in-chief of the Continental Army. He helped develop the plan to surround the British and led American forces to Virginia?
    George Washington
  • Which people believed the colonists should be independent from Great Britain and supported the Revolutionary War?
    patriots
  • Who was formerly an enslaved African who served as a spy in the Continental Army. He fought for and won his freedom many years after the war.
    James Layfayette
  • What did George Washington do before leading the Continental Army?
    He fought in the French and Indian War.
  • What did the British promise slaves during the American revolution if they chose to fight against the patriots?
    their freedom
  • was later elected asWho was elected the first President of the United States of America.
    George Washington
  • Who took detailed notes during Constitutional Convention. He believed in the importance of a U.S. Constitution and his skills at compromise helped reach agreements during the writing of the Constitution.
    James Madison
  • Where were the Battles of Lexington and Concord fought?
    Massachusetts
    Florida
    Virginia
    Englan
  • Who was the commander of the Continental Army?
    George Washington
  • What document gave listed reasons why the colonies’ wanted independence from Great Britain?
    Declaration of Independence
  • During the Revolutionary War, African Americans in Virginia ______________.
    were all loyalists
    were forced to fight in the army
    were divided in their feelings about the war
    were all patriots
  • Who said, "Give me liberty or give me death?"
    Patrick Henry
  • Who was a French nobleman who helped organize support from the French Navy, He contributed to the victory at Yorktown?
    Marquis Lafayette
  • Who provided political leadership by writing the Declaration of Independence. And believed people should be free to make the choice to worship or not, writing the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom.
    Thomas Jefferson
  • Thomas Jefferson wrote the ____________________________________ which laid out the complaints of the colonists toward England.
    Declaration of Independence
  • In April 1775, the first shots of the Revolutionary War were fired at-
    Richmond
    Yorktown
    Boston
    Lexington and Concord
  • British Parliament raised money from the America settlers by ______________ the colonists.
    taxing
  • Fill in the blank: The British Parliament believed they had legal authority in the colonies, but the colonists believed ___________ had legal authority.
    the President
    England
    Parliament
    their local assemblies
  • What war took place between 1775 and 1781?
    The Revolutionary War
  • What year was the Declaration of Independence adopted?
  • The British believed _____________________ should rule the colonies without any input from the colonists.
    King George
  • Who wrote the Virginia Declaration of Rights?
    Marquis de Lafayette
    James Lafayette
    James Mason
    Thomas Jefferson
  • ______________ colonies united in 1776 to form the new country of America.
    Thirteen
  • People who supported the colonies and fought for independence from Great Britain were....
    Loyalists
    Patriots
    Angry
    Nuetral
  • What document established the United States as an independent nation and ended the American Revolution?
    Virginia Declaration of Rights
    Declaration if Independence
    Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom
    Treaty of Paris
  • Money paid to the government is a _________.
    Tax
  • _____________________ said "Give me liberty, or give me death!"
    Patrick Henry
  • True or False? During the Revolutionary War, women took on more responsibility.
    True
  • Which event led to the end of the American Revolution?
    Declaration of Independence
    Treaty of Paris
    Battle of Yorktown
    Moving the capital to Richmond
  • Who spied on the English Army as a servant?
    James Armistead Lafayette
  • Whose famous speeches inspired colonists to break away from England?
    Patrick Henry
  • What was the result of the American Revolution for the colonist?
    They became independent
  • When the capital was moved, the population was moving for more opportunities.?
    South
    North
    West
    East
  • Two important ideas in the Declaration of Independence are that: The authority to govern lies with the _____________ and all people are created ____________ and have rights to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.
    people, equal
  • The British wanted to _________ the colonists even though they did not have representation in Parliamen
    tax
  • Who took on more responsibilities such as farming, making clothes, and caring for wounded soldiers, during the American Revolution?
    women
    enslaved African Americans
    men
    American Indians
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