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George Washington provided military leadership for the colonists by---

• serving as commander-in-chief of the Continental Army

• becoming president of Virginia

• leading the British army

• fighting with the American Indians

Why did the colonists believe that Parliament did not have the right to tax them?

• They did not believe in any taxes.

• They had no representation in Parliament.

• They already paid taxes to France.

• The royal governor excused them.

Who was James Lafayette?

• a famous Virginia general during the Revolution

• an American Ambassador to England who served as a spy

• a slave that served in the Continental Army and was then granted his freedom

• The American commander-in-chief during the French and Indian War

Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?

• George Washington

• James Armistead Lafayette

• Thomas Jefferson

• King George III

During the American Revolution, American Indians fought alongside---

• only British Army

• only Continental Army

• both British and Americans

• the French

As many men left home to fight in the war, women-

• took on more responsibility

• left their homes

• left for Europe

• became burgesses

Parliament believed it had legal authority over the colonies to issue taxes, but the colonists believed--

• only the King had legal authority to tax

• they should have legal authority to tax England

• their local assemblies had the authority to tax

• taxes should only be paid on slaves

Fill in the blank:

The Declaration of Independence states that the authority to govern belongs to the _________________ rather than to kings

• rights

• people

• liberty

• Parliament

Fill in the blank:

All people are created _____________

• happiness

• rights

• people

• equal

George Washington was the________________

• Commander-in-chief

• Slave that was a spy for Continental Army

• Author of the Declaration of Independence

• Man that rode horseback to warn Thomas Jefferson

• Man who said "Give me liberty or give me death!"