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