It believed it had the legal authority in the colonies and the right to tax them.
What is the Parliament?
100
He wrote the Declaration of Independence
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
100
They served in the Continental Army and fought against the English.
Who are the patriots?
100
The first land battle of the American Revolution
What is the Battle of Great Bridge?
100
Rolling hills, foot of the mountain
What is Piedmont?
200
Group of civilians trained as soldier who serve in emergencies
What is militia?
200
He provided military leadership by serving as commander-in-chief of the Continental Army.
Who was George Washington?
200
They remained loyal to England.
Who are the loyalists?
200
This battle resulted in the surrender of the British army
What is the Battle of Yorktown?
200
Elevated land that is flat on top
What is plateau?
300
It states that the write to govern belongs to the people rather than to kings.
What is The Declaration of Independence?
300
He inspired patriots from other colonies when he spoke out against taxation without represantation by saying, "...give me liberty or give me death."
Who is Patrick Henry?
300
They did not take sides during the Revolutionary War.
Who are the neutrals?
300
This battle led to the end of the war.
What is the Battle of Yorktown?
300
Objects that have been found that tell a lot about the people of the past who lived in that area
What are artifacts?
400
Standing in for a person or group and having the power to speak on his or her behalf
What is representation?
400
An enslaved African American from Virginia, served in the Continental Army and successfully requested his freedom after the war.
Who is James Lafayette?
400
They fought for a better chance of freedom and for independence in the American Revolution.
Who are African Americans?
400
Another name for the American Revolution
What is Revolutionary War?
400
They study all kinds of material evidence left from people of the past
Who are archeologists?
500
All people are created equal and have the right to these three things.
What are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness?
500
He rode on horseback through the backwoods of Virginia to Charlottesville to warn Thomas Jefferson, then governor of Virginia, that the British were coming to arrest him and members of the General Assembly.
Who was Jack Jouett?
500
They fought alongside both the Virginia patriots and the British.
Who are American Indians?
500
This American victory forced the British colonial governor to flee the City of Norfolk.
What is the Battle of Great Bridge?
500
The headquarters of the leader, Powhatan, in 1607; a large Indian town used by Indian leaders for several hundred years before the English settlers came