Question | Answer |
Who spoke out against "taxation without representation? | Patrick Henry |
What were the names of colonists that went against the king during the American Revolution? | Patriots |
What were the names of people who remained loyal to the kind of England and the laws of that country? | Loyalist |
What was the name for the tax on paper, books, newspaper,and playing cards? | Stamp Act |
What was the name for the tax on glass, paint, tea? | Townshend Act |
Who won the Battle of Yorktown? | Continental Army |
In what state did the battle of Yorktown take place? | Virginia |
Who wrote the declaration of Independence? | Thomas Jefferson |
In what war did America gain its independence from England? | American Revolution |
What famous Virginian rode on horseback through the night to warn Thomas Jefferson that the British were coming to arrest him? | Jack Jouett |
Who was the slave that served in the Continental Army and was then granted his freedom? | James Armistead Lafayette |
Who was the commander-in-chief of the Continental Army? | George Washington |
What were the names of the people who did not take any sides or have a particular opinion during the war? | neutral |
Who is the father of the Constitution? | James Madison |
Who is the father of the Country? | George Washington |