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Chap 7 virginia hist
5th Grade Virginia History
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What frontier fighter captured three British forts in 1778? | George Rogers Clark |
| Why was the French and India War fought? | France and Britain claimed the same land in North America |
| What did the Virginia Convention urge the Continental Congress to do | declare independence from Britain |
| Who led Virginia militia in the French and Indian War? | George Washington |
| What did Britain force on the colonists that made them decide to break away? | the Stamp Act and the Townshend Act |
| What were the Virginia slaves offered in return for fighting in the American Revolution? | freedom |
| Who rode to Charlottesville in June 1781 to warn Virginia's lawmakers of British plans to capture them? | Jack Jouett |
| Why were Virginia's Committees of Correspondence formed? | to share information with other colonies |
| When was the Declaration of Independence signed? | 1776 |
| What was the final event of the American Revolution? | the battle at Yorktown |
| militia | a military troop made up of men who are not professional soldiers |
| loyalist | one who sided with Britain and opposed American independence |
| patriot | a colonist who supported the American Revolution |
| Declaration of Independence | a statement explaining the colonies' decision to break away from Britain |
| A lawyer from Virginia who's "Give me Liberty or give me death" speech encouraged the colonists to rebel against Britain | Patrick Henry |
| Who wrote the Declaration of Independence? | Thomas Jefferson |
| What Virginian organized a cavalry unit, a group of soldiers who fought on horseback? | Lighthorse Harry Lee |
| What did the French and Indian War teach the colonists? | How to be better soldiers and they saw the strengths and weaknesses of the British Army |
| Why did the Indians help the French instead of the colonists during the French and Indian War? | The French were traders and were fair to the Indians where the British were farmers and fought the Indians off of their own land. |
| What was the Continental Congress? | A meeting of leaders that met in Philadelphia to make decisions for the colonies |
| Why was the capital moved from Williamsburg to Richmond? | Lawmakers feared an attack on the capital by the British navy and felt an inland location would be safer |
| Jefferson's home | Monticello |
| The British general who surrendered at Yorktown | Charles Cornwallis |
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