Category 1
money
What word do we use to describe trading or exchanging of goods and services without the use of money
barter
What word do we use to describe the buying of a good or service now and paying for it later
credit
What word do we use to describe a good or service owed to another?
debt
What word do we use to describe money put away to keep or spend at a later time
savings
Who rode on horseback to Charlottesville to warn Thomas Jefferson that the British were coming to arrest him and member of the General Assembly?
Jack Jouett
What did we call people who served in the Continental Army and fought for independence from Britain during the American Revolutionary War?
Patriots
What did we call people who did not take a side during the Revolutionary War?
Neutral
What is another name for the Revolutionary War?
The War of Independence
What did we call Virginians who remained loyal to Great Britain during the Revolution?
loyalists
Why did some African Americans choose to fight for Great Britain during the Revolution?
They were promised their freedom in exchange for their military service
They were not eager to join either side, however they fought on both sides. They joined whoever was fighting their enemy.
Who was the enslaved African American who served in the Continental Army (as a spy) and successfully requested his freedom after the war
James Lafayette
Who was the man who provided military leadership by serving as commander-in-chief of the Continental Army?
George Washington
Who provided political leadership by expressing the reasons for colonial independence from Great Britain in the Declaration of Independence?
Thomas Jefferson
What document said that Virginians have many rights such as freedom of religion and freedom of the press?
VA Declaration of Rights
What was the name of the Patriot who spoke out against Parliament and taxation without representation?
Patrick Henry
What was the name of the first land battle of the American Revolution?
The Battle of Great Bridge
Who wrote the Virginia Declaration of Rights?
George Mason
Who wrote the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom?
Thomas Jefferson
How did Jack Jouett make history?
He rode on horseback through the backwoods of VA to Charlottesville to warn Thomas Jefferson that the British were coming to arrest him and member of the General Assembly
What document said that all people should be free to worship as they please?
Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom
Explain how George Washington contributed to American history.
Where was the last battle of the Revolutionary War fought?
Yorktown, VA
Where did British troops surrender to the Continental Army at the end of the American Revolution?
Yorktown VA