VS5 American Revolution

What is Thomas Jefferson know for doing during the time period of the American Revolution?

• He was the major author of the Declaration of Independence?

• He worked with the French in the French and Indian war.

• He hired the Marguis de Lafayette

• He was the commander-in-chief of the Continental Army

During the American Revolution, what did George Washington do?

• He wrote the Declaration of Independence.

• He hired James Lafayette as a spy.

• He was the commander-in-chief of the Continental Army.

• He wrote the Treaty of Paris

James Lafayette is known for...

• Writing the Declaration of Independence

• Spying on the British Army by pretending to be a run-away slave

• Building the capital in Richmond

• Moving the Capital to Richmond

The Marquis de Lafayette is known for

• Writing the Declaration of Independence

• Writing the Treaty of Paris

• Helping train the Continental Army and the victory at Yorktown

• Helping Thomas Jefferson build Monticello

Patrick Henry is known for...

• Inspiring patriots from other colonies when he

  spoke out against taxation without representation by saying “give me liberty or give me death”

• Inspiring British loyalists by speaking out against Colonial independence by saying "everyone should pay their taxes"

• Moving the Capital to Richmond

• Writing the Treaty of Paris

What is the Declaration of Independence?

• A letter to the Marquis de Lafayette asking to come help

• A letter to King George III listing the reasons the

  colonists wanted to independence from Great Britain,

• A plan to move the Capital to Richmond

• A plan to include the French in the Revolution

Why did the Capital move from Williamsburg to Richmond? Choose two answers.

• The water was brackish and unsafe to drink.

• The colonists wanted to life closer to Mt. Vernon

• Being in Richmond increased the distance from the sea and possible attacked by the British

• The population was moving westward and Richmond was more centrally located.

What did Parliament believe?

• That Parliament had the legal authority on the colonies and had the right to tax the colonies

• Believed their local assemblies had legal authority and should not be taxed because they had no representation in Parliament

• The authority to govern belongs to the people rather than to kings and that all people are created equal and have rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness

• That Parliament should punish Boston for the Boston Tea Party and the Stamp Act

What did the Colonists believe?

• Believed their local assemblies had legal authority and should not be taxed because they had no representation in Parliament

• That Parliament should punish Boston for the Boston Tea Party and the Stamp Act

• The authority to govern belongs to the people rather than to kings and that all people are created equal and have rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness

• That Parliament had the legal authority on the colonies and had the right to tax the colonies

What is the main idea of the Declaration of Independence?

• Believed their local assemblies had legal authority and should not be taxed because they had no representation in Parliament

• That Parliament should punish Boston for the Boston Tea Party and the Stamp Act

• That Parliament had the legal authority on the colonies and had the right to tax the colonies

• The authority to govern belongs to the people rather than to kings and that all people are created equal and have rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness