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Virginia in the Revolutionary Era

Virginia in the Revolutionary Era. VS. 5 review created by Mrs. Dennison. What famous words did Patrick Henry say to inspire colonists to speak out against taxation without representation?. George Washington provided military leadership for the colonists by ___.

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Virginia in the Revolutionary Era

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  1. Virginia in the Revolutionary Era VS. 5 review created by Mrs. Dennison

  2. What famous words did Patrick Henry say to inspire colonists to speak out against taxation without representation?

  3. George Washington provided military leadership for the colonists by ___. Serving as the commander-in-chief of the Continental Army

  4. Who won the Battle of Yorktown to end the Revolutionary War? The Americans (Patriots) Lord Cornwallis surrenders to Washington

  5. Why did the colonists believe that Parliament and the King did not have the right to tax them? They didn’t have representation in Parliament.

  6. Who was James Armistead Lafayette? A slave who served in the Continental Army and then was granted his freedom after the war

  7. Virginians were divided about independence. Some were neutral, some were loyal to Great Britain, and the rest considered themselves ___. PATRIOTS

  8. Who wrote the Declaration of Independence? Thomas Jefferson

  9. During the American Revolution,American Indians fought ___. alongside both the British and the Patriots

  10. What was the first land battle of the American Revolution fought in Virginia?

  11. Which famous Virginian rode on horseback to warn Thomas Jefferson that the British were coming to arrest him? Jack Jouett

  12. The Declaration of Independence states that all men are created equal and have certain rights. What are these rights?

  13. When the men left to fight in the Revolutionary War, women ___. took on more responsibility

  14. Parliament believed it had legal authority over the colonists to issue taxes, but the colonists believed ___. their local assemblieshad legal authority to tax

  15. In which war did America gain its independence from England?

  16. In what state did the Battle of Yorktown take place? This final, major battle took place in VIRGINIA!

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