Government
The part of the British government that makes laws.
What is Parliament?
These people believed they should not be taxed due to no representation in Parliament.
Who are the colonists?
This document stated that all people are created equal and have rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
The French and British wanted control of this area leading to the French and Indian War.
Where is the Ohio Valley?
This person provided military leadership by serving as Commander-In-Chief in the Continental Army.
Who is George Washington?
A representative.
What is a delegate?
These helped to pay for the cost of the French and Indian War.
What are taxes?
The Declaration of Independence stated that the power belonged to the people rather than ____.
Who are Kings?
These people believed they should be free of Britain's control.
Who are Patriots?
This person was an enslaved African American who spied for the Continental Army and gained his freedom after the war.
Who is James Armistead Lafayette?
This is the War that Americans gained their freedom from Britain.
What is the American Revolution?
A tax placed on certain printed items by Parliament
What is the Stamp Act?
The Declaration listed 3 certain rights including ___.
What is life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness?
These people did not mind being controlled by Britain.
Who are the Loyalists?
This person is the "Father of the Constitution" and later served as our 4th President.
Who is James Madison?
The capital was moved from Jamestown to Williamsburg in 1699 due to _____.
What is contaminated water, unhealthy living conditions, fire?
These were taxes placed on glass, paint, and tea.
What are the Townshend Acts?
This date is when the Declaration of Independence was signed.
When is July 4, 1776?
The Indigenous people fought for this side(s) in the American Revolution.
Who are both the British and Americans?
This person wrote the VA Declaration of Rights which influenced the Bill of Rights
Who is George Mason?
The act of speaking or acting for someone else.
What is representation?
This event was a nonviolent protest against the Stamp Act where colonists dumped 342 cases of tea into the Boston Harbor
What is the Boston Tea Party?
This person wrote the Declaration of Independence.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
Who is General Cornwallis?
This person spoke out against the Stamp Act; "Give me liberty or give me death"
Who is Patrick Henry?