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American Revolution
Virginia Patriots
Whose Side Are You On
Famous Events
Mixed Bag
100
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 war between England and France that incurred a lot of debt on England. It prompted England to pass a series of taxes on the colony.

What is the French and Indian War?

100

This was taxed by the Stamp Act.

What are paper products?

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
It is the city where the Continental Congress signed the Declaration of Independence.

Where is Philadelphia, PA?

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
The event in which British soldiers fired on a crowd of colonists, resulting in several deaths and rising British-Colonist tensions.

What is the Boston Massacre?

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

He was the general who surrendered at Yorktown.

Who was General Cornwallis?

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 was a French Nobleman, who volunteered his service to the Continental Army. He helped coordinate French forces during the Battle at Yorktown.

Who was The Marquis de Lafayette?

500

They fought alongside both the Virginia patriots and the British.

Who are Native Americans?


500

The document that officially ended the Revolutionary War was signed in 1783.

What is the treaty of Paris?

500

These are three major reasons that the capital relocated from Williamsburg to Richmond.

What is:

- it increased distance from the sea and protected from British attacks?

- the population moving westward

- Richmond was more central