Lord Dunmore took this out of Williamsburg, angering the colonists
What is the supply of gunpowder?
100
This document written by George Mason, listed freedoms he felt people should have
What is the Virginia Declaration of Rights?
100
Virginia's capital was moved to here in 1779
Where is Richmond?
100
The governor of Virginia when the Revolutionary War was about to begin
Who was Lord Dunmore?
100
A large meeting for a common purpose
What is a convention?
200
The name of the war time government for the colonists
What is the Continental Congress?
200
The location of the meeting of the Second Continental Congress
Where was Philadelphia?
200
During fighting near Richmond in 1780, Virginia's government met here.
Where is Charlottesville?
200
He was appointed by the Second Continental Congress to command the continental army
Who was George Washington?
200
A document defining a government
What is a constitution?
300
The name for people who remained loyal to Britain during the Revolutionary War
Who were the Loyalists?
300
This meeting wrote a statement to send to the Second Continental Congress asking all colonies to join together and break away from Great Britain and declaring Virginia independent.
What was the Virginia Convention?
300
The general of the British troops at Yorktown
Who was Lord Charles Cornwallis?
300
He wrote Virginia's Declaration of Rights.
Who was George Mason?
300
Eyewitness accounts of history that may include letters, diaries, speeches, and interviews
What are primary sources?
400
Where the Virginia militia met Lord Dumore's forces near Norfolk. The Patriots won the battle
What is Great Bridge?
400
He was the King of England during America's Revolutionary War.
Who was George III?
400
The final big battle in the colonies during the Revolutionary War
What is Yorktown?
400
A Virginia representative to the Second Continental Congress, he presented the Virginia Convention's statement urging the colonies to unite and break from Great Britain
Who was Richard Henry Lee?
400
A troop of soldiers on horses
What is cavalry?
500
The name of the people who fought for American independence
Who were Patriots?
500
It is the date the Declaration of Independence was approved by the Second Continental Congress.
What occured on July 4, 1776?
500
Lord Cornwallis had to surrender because of this reason
What is he was surrounded?
500
An enslaved African who won his freedom as a spy for the Patriots
Who was James Armistead?
500
Secondhand accounts of history that include history textbooks and articles in encyclopedias