Revolutionary War

It was ________________ against ________________ in the Revolutionary War

• Great Britain vs. American Indians

• France vs. colonists

• Great Britain vs. colonist (Patriots)

• Great Britain vs. the King

The American Revolution was fought because....

• the colonists wanted to govern themselves

• the colonists wanted the King to make more rules for them

• Great Britain didn't want to rule over the colonies anymore

• France wanted to take over the colonies

People who fought in the Revolutionary War AGAINST the British were called...

• warriors

• loyalists

• neutral

• patriots

If you did NOT take sides during the war, you were...

• loyalist

• neutral

• patriot

• women

Who was commander-in-chief of the Continental Army?

• Abraham Lincoln

• Patrick Henry

• Thomas Jefferson

• George Washington

"Give me liberty-or give me death" is a quote from this famous Virginian.

• Patrick Henry

• George Washington

• James Lafayette

• Thomas Jefferson

Who surrendered at Yorktown?

• Thomas Jefferson

• The French Army

• The British Army

• The Continental Army

Who wrote "The Declaration of Independence?"

• The King of England

• George Washington

• Thomas Jefferson

• Patrick Henry

He was an enslaved African American from Virginia, served as a spy in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War.

• George Washington

• James Lafayette

• John Smith

• Martin Luther King

Choose ALL of the reasons the capital was moved from Williamsburg to Richmond.

• It increased the distance from possible attack of the British

• the population was moving westward

• Richmond was a more central location

• Fire destroyed wooden and brick buildings