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He was the commander of the Continental Army
Who was George Washington?
The colonist who fought for independence from Britain.
Who are the patriots?
They wanted to fight for land and access to trade goods.
The name of the American army during the Revolutionary War.
What was the Continental Army?
During the years 1775 and 1781 was this war.
What was the Revolutionary War?
Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?
Who was Thomas Jefferson?
The colonist who remained loyal to Britain.
Who were the loyalist?
They were slaves that some fought for the British and some fought for the Americans.
Who were the African Americans?
A battle in the American Revolutionary War fought in Chesapeake, VA.
What was the Battle of Great Bridge?
She was the first American woman to take a soldier's part in the War for Liberty.
Who was Margaret "Molly" Corbin?
He said this famous phrase "Give me liberty or give me death".
Who was Patrick Henry?
To not choose a side in a dispute or an argument.
What does it mean to be neutral?
The last major battle where Cornwallis and his army were forced to surrender to the Americans and French forces.
What was the Battle of Yorktown?
He was a young member of the Virginia militia who rode his horse to warn Jefferson that the British soldiers wanted to arrest some members of congress.
Who was Jack Jouett?
He was a slave that spied on the British for the Americans and was freed from slavery after the war.
Who is James Armistead Lafayette?
The document declaring the American colonies independence from Great Britain.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
They were promised their freedom at the end of the war by the British.
Who were the African Americans?
The last major battle of the Revolutionary war was fought here.
What is Yorktown
He was a good soldier who had fought in the French and Indian War.
Who was George Washington?
He was a French nobleman that played a crucial part in the American Revolutionary War.
Who is Marquis de Lafayette?
What is the militia?
They sewed clothes, cooked, and nursed the soldiers while still taking care of their land and families.
What did the women do during war time?
A country who helped the Americans in the Revolutionary War.
A holiday we continue celebrate on July 4th every year.
What is the Declaration of Independence?