A | B |
Virginian who inspired patriots with his taxation without representation speech | Patrick Henry |
Enslaved African American from Virginia who served in Continental Army and successfully requested freedom after war | James Armistead Lafayette |
First land battle of American Revolution fought in Virginia whose American victory forced the British colonial governor to flee Norfolk | Battle of Great Bridge |
Rode horseback through backwoods of Virginia to warn Thomas Jefferson that the British were coming to arrest him | Jack Jouett |
Important American victory that resulted in the surrender of the British army and the end of the Revolutionary War | Yorktown |