Important People 1
This person is known as the "Father of the Constitution"
James Madison
Wrote the Declaration of Independence
Thomas Jefferson
Britain was the _____ enemy of America, France and Spain.
Common
According to the Declaration of Independence, all people are created equal and have what three rights?
Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness
The term that best describes the movement of people from one place to another
Migration
This person is known as the "Father of our Country"
George Washington
Spy in the Continental Army and won his freedom from slavery many years later
James Lafayette
The war that France and Spain lost to Britain was called the
Seven Years War
Law-making body in Great Britain
Parliament
The two rights that were protected by the Virginia Declaration of Rights
Freedom of Religion and Freedom of the Press
This person wrote the Virginia Declaration of Rights
George Mason
Said "No taxation without representation" and "Give me liberty or give me death"
Patrick Henry
Country that was the primary ally of America
France
Colonists who supported Great Britian were called ____
Loyalists
When Virginians traveled west looking for new farmland, which two major geographic areas did they travel through?
Appalachian Mountains and Cumberland Gap
This person took detailed notes during the Constitutional Convention
James Madison
Commander in Chief of the Continental Army
George Washington
France helped American colonists win the final battle of the Revolutionary War, which was called the Battle of ____
Yorktown
The signing of this Treaty ended the Revolutionary War in 1783.
Treaty of Paris
Virginia's capital was moved from Williamsburg to what city
Richmond
This person wrote the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom
Thomas Jefferson
Frenchman who volunteered to help the Continental Army and helped it to win victory at Yorktown
Marquis de Lafayette
Another European country that was an ally that provided loans to the colonists (besides France and Spain).
Netherlands
Colonists who fought for Independence from Great Britain and served in the Continental Army were called ____
Patriots
The reason why Virginia farmers had to look for new farmland was because tobacco was too ______ on the soil.
Hard