Vs5 American Revolution

Question 0

Patrick Henry inspired patriots from other colonies when he spoke out against

Answer 0

Taxation without representation by saying give me liberty or give me death

Question 1

The Declaration of Independence was written by————-in the year

Answer 1

Thomas Jefferson

1776

Question 2

The———- believed that it had the right to tax the colonist and it began to pass new tax laws

Answer 2

Parliament

Question 3

The Declaration of Independence written by Thomas Jefferson in 1776 declared that the authority to govern belongs to the people rather than the king. It also stated that all people were

Answer 3

Created equal and have rights it the life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness

Question 4

Who was Patrick Henry and what did he do

Answer 4

He inspired patriots for other colonies. He spoke out against taxation without representation. Give me liberty or give me death

Question 5

In 1774 representatives from all 13 colonies met in Philadelphia Pennsylvania. This important meeting was known as

Answer 5

Continental congress

Question 6

Virginia led the colonies in speaking out against these unfair action. The—–of——-declare that virginia a simile was the only lawmaking body with the authority to tax virginia men they also stated that colonial court would decide when laws have been broken not courts in England

Answer 6

House of burgesses

Question 7

The king Also threaten to punish colonist in the English court if they did not

Answer 7

Pay the taxes

Question 8

What made the colonist very angry

Answer 8

They had no say in the making of English laws

Question 9

Where did the first shots of the war ring out at and what year

Answer 9

Concord Massachusetts in April 1775

Question 10

Who was James armies tear Lafayette and what did he do

Answer 10

He was a slave from Virginia
He served in the continental army
He was given his freedom after the war

Question 11

What was the Townsend act and what year

Answer 11

Tax on paint tea and glass 1767

Question 12

What was the first continental congress and in what year and what did they do

Answer 12

A meeting of leading citizens from each colony except Georgia
They wrote a letter to king George to try to make him listen but it did not work
Sept 1774

Question 13

What was the quartering act and what year

Answer 13

Colonist must house and feed the British soldiers in their homes if there were not enough Garrick’s

Question 14

What was the boston tea party and what year and how did they dress

Answer 14

Protest on tea tax

Dressed as Indians and threw 342 cases of tea in the boston harbor in 1773

Question 15

How did James armistead Lafayette become free

Answer 15

He fought for the continental army and was given freedom

Question 16

One year later as the fighting continued in concord Massachusetts the ———— ___________ ————–met to declare that the colonies were free and independent states

Answer 16

Second continental congress

Question 17

Who was Thomas Jefferson and what did he do

Answer 17

He provided political leadership
He expressed the reasons for colonial independence from England
He wrote theta Declaration of Independence

Question 18

Who did not listen to the colonist regarding the laws and taxes

Answer 18

King George 3 and English lawmakers

Question 19

The colonies believe that their ———– ———-should govern their colonies

Answer 19

Local assembly

Question 20

What was the second continental congress and in what year and what did they ask George Washington to do

Answer 20

They voted to form an army in may 1775 and they ask George Washington to lead the army

Question 21

Who was George Washington and what did he provide

Answer 21

He was commander of the continental army

He provided military leadership

Question 22

The problems between———–and the———–continued to grow and the leaders of Virginia began to fear for the safety of their citizens. They asked the other colonies to choose and then meet and talk about the growing threat. In what year did the represents eps from all 13 colonies meet in Philadelphia Pennsylvania

Answer 22

England and the colonies

1774

Question 23

Thomas Jefferson provided political leadership by expressing the reasons for colonial independence from great Britan in the

Answer 23

Declaration of Independence

Question 24

Jack Jouett rode on horseback through the woods of virginia to

Answer 24

Charlottesville to warn Thomas Jefferson then governor of Virginia that the British were coming to arrest him and the members of the general assembly

Question 25

One year after the war of concord Massachusetts the second continental congress met to declare that the colonies were free and independent states. The results of this meeting was a document called the

Answer 25

Declaration of Independence

Question 26

In 1774 representatives from all 13 colonies met in Philadelphia Pennsylvania. This important meeting was known as the

Answer 26

Continental congress

Question 27

What was the first land battle of the American revolution fought in Virginia

Answer 27

The battle of great bridge

Question 28

The colonist has no ——in the ————-to share the views, wants or needs

Answer 28

Representives in the parliament

Question 29

What was the stamp act and what year was it

Answer 29

A tax on anything made of paper. Such as books, newspapers, and playing cards in the year 1765

Question 30

The king threaten to punish colonists in the English court if they did not

Answer 30

Pay the taxes

Question 31

Another tax forced colonist to pay tax when they bought things like
This tax was called the ————act

Answer 31

Paint paper glass or tea from England

Townsend act

Question 32

When was the revenue act

And what was it

Answer 32

1764

Tax on sugar to help pay for the French and Indian war

Question 33

The American victory at Yorktown resulted in the surrender of the

Answer 33

British army which led to the end of the war

Question 34

A tax is

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Money that citizens are required to pay their government

Question 35

What was a the boston massacre and in what year was it

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First of many violent protest of unfair taxes in 1770

Question 36

Reason why the colonies went to war

Answer 36

The colonist and the British parliament disagreed over how the colonies should be governed

Question 37

England became Great Britain in the early

Answer 37

1700s

Question 38

What contributions did whites, enslaved African Americans, free African Americans, and American Indians make during the American revolution

Answer 38

Virginia patriots served in the continental army and fought for independenc, leading to the British surrender at Yorktown
Some Virginians were neutral and did not take sides while other Virginians remained loyal to Great Britain
Woman took on more responsibility to support the war effort
Some enslaved African Americans fought for independence in the American revolution
Many American Indians fought alongside both the Virginia patriots and the British

Question 39

The battle of great bridge was the first land battle fought in Virginia during the American revolution. The American victory forced the British colonial governor to flee from the city of

Answer 39

Norfolk

Question 40

The last major battle of the revolutionary war was fought at———-
Virginia

Answer 40

Yorktown