Revolutionary War Vocab

What is a PATRIOT?

• Someone who supports the colonies independence

• Someone who is loyal and supports Great Britain

• Someone who did not take sides.

What is a LOYALIST?

• Someone who believes the colonies should be independent from Great Britain.

• Someone who is loyal to Great Britain. They believe Parliament should govern.

• Someone who did not take a side.

What does it mean for someone to be NEUTRAL?

• Someone who believes the colonies should be independent from Great Britain.

• Someone who is loyal to Great Britain.

• Someone who did not take a side. They were neither a patriot or loyalist.

George Washington was an important leader during the Revolutionary War because...

• Was the commander-in-chief of the Continental Army

• Wrote the Declaration of Independence.

• Said "Give Me Liberty or Give me Death!"

• Was a spy for the Continental Army

Thomas Jefferson provided political leadership by...

• Leading the Continental Army

• Writing the Declaration of Independence

• Spying for the Continental Army

• Inspiring colonist by saying "Give me liberty of give me death!"

Why was Patrick Henry an important figure in the American Revolution?

• He was a spy for the Continental Army.

• He inspired colonists by saying "Give me liberty or give me death!"

• Led the Continental Army.

• Wrote the Declaration of Independence.

James Lafayette was an enslaved African American who spied for the Continental Army and was granted his freedom after the American Revolution.

• True

• False

The Marquis de Lafayette was a French nobleman who refused to serve the Continental Army.

• True

• False

The king of France provided French troops, ships and money thanks to which person?

• James Lafayette

• Thomas Jefferson

• George Washington

• The Marquis de Lafayette