Revolutionary War Flashcards
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What does govern mean?
To rule or be in charge
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What is Parliament?
A group of people that make laws
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What does legal authority mean?
Ability to make or change the laws
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What does taxation without representation mean?
Making people pay for taxes without letting them make decisions about the laws
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What is liberty?
freedom
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What does neutral mean?
A person who doesn’t take sides
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What does surrender mean?
To give up (usually in a battle or war)
What did the colonists and British Parliament disagree about?
How the colonies should be governed
What group believed they had legal authority in the colonies? (the right to make laws)
Both Great Britain (British Parliament)
and the colonists (local assemblies)
(uh oh! Both of them can’t be in charge!)
Parliament believed it had the right to ________ the colonies.
tax
Why didn’t the colonists think they should be taxed?
They didn’t have representation in Parliament.
What is another name for England?
Great Britain
Who wrote the document called the Declaration of Independence?
Thomas Jefferson
The Declaration of Independence states that the authority to govern belongs to whom?
The people
NOT the king!
The Declaration of Independence states that all people are created ______.
equal
The Declaration of Independence states that all people have the right to what three things?
Life, liberty, and the
pursuit of happiness
What was the purpose of the Declaration of Independence?
To explain why the colonies were breaking away from England
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
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Who inspired patriots from other colonies when he spoke out against taxation without representation?
Patrick Henry
Who gave the famous “give me liberty or give me death” speech?
Patrick Henry
What was the name of the first land battle of the American Revolution that was fought in Virginia?
Battle of Great Bridge
The American victory of the Battle of Great Bridge forced the British colonial governor to flee (leave) the city of _________.
Norfolk
Who won the Battle of Great Bridge?
Americans
patriots/colonists
What group of people served in the Continental Army and fought for independence?
patriots
What were the Virginians called who did not take sides during the Revolutionary War?
neutral
What group of people remained loyal (faithful) to Great Britain during the war?
Loyalists
What group of people took on more responsibility to support the war effort?
women
What group of people fought for a better chance of freedom?
enslaved African Americans
Why did some free African Americans fight?
To get independence from Great Britain
What role did American Indians play during the Revolutionary War?
They fought alongside both the Virginia patriots and the British.
Who was the enslaved African American from Virginia who served in the Continental Army and successfully requested his freedom after the war?
James Lafayette
Who rode on horseback through the backwoods of Virginia to Charlottesville?
Jack Jouett
Who warned Thomas Jefferson that the British were coming to arrest him and members of the assembly?
Jack Jouett
Which battle resulted in the surrender of the British army and led to the end of the Revolutionary War?
Yorktown
Who won the Battle of Yorktown?
Americans
patriots/colonists
Where did the capital move the second time?
Richmond
List the three reasons the capital moved from Williamsburg to Richmond.
- The population was moving westward - Richmond was a more central location - It increased the distance from attack by the British
