Row 1
The colonists and the British Parliament disagreed over what?
They disagreed over how the colonies should be governed.
This group of people took on more responsibility at home to support the war effort.
Who were the women?
This is the legislative (law-making) body for Great Britain.
What is Parliament?
It was the first land battle of the American Revolution fought in VA.
What was the Battle of Great Bridge?
The Declaration of Independence states that are born with unalienable rights. What are these rights?
What group of people remained loyal to Great Britain (England)?
Who were the loyalists?
This person provided military leadership by serving as commander-in-chief of the Continental Army.
Who is George Washington?
This document gave reasons for independence and ideas for self-government.
The American victory forced the British colonial governor to flee the City of ______________.
What is the city of Norfolk?
The Declaration of Independence states that the government should be run by whom?
Parliament believed it had legal authority in the colonies while the colonists believed ___________ had legal authority.
Colonists believed their local assemblies had legal authority over the colonies.
This person provided political leadership by expressing the reasons for colonial independence in the Declaration of Independence.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
Who fought in the American Revolution for a better chance of freedom?
Who are enslaved African Americans?
What battle resulted in the surrender of the British army which led to the end of the war?
What is the Battle of Yorktown?
What does taxation without representation mean?
It means that the colonists did not have representation in Parliament when the decisions and laws were being made.
What group of people served in the Continental Army and fought for their independence from Great Britain?
Who were the Patriots?
This person rode horseback through the backwoods of VA to Charlottesville to warn Thomas Jefferson that the British were coming to arrest him and other General Assembly.
Who was Jack Jouett?
Who fought for independence from Great Britain?
Who are free African Americans?
What is Charlottesville?
Which patriot spoke out against taxation without representation by saying..."give me liberty or give me death"
Who is Patrick Henry?
Parliament believed it had the right to tax the colonies. Why did the colonists believe that they shouldn't not be taxed?
The colonists believed they should not be taxed because they had no representation in Parliament.
Describe the role of free African Americans during the Revolutionary war.
Some free African Americans fought for independence from Great Britain.
These Virginians did not take sides during the American Revolution.
Who were the Neutralists?
The Declaration of Independence was adopted on July 4, _______.
What is 1776?
Who won the American Revolution?
The Continental Army defeated the British Army. The United States of America was created.