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| What document explained why the colonists should break away from Great Britain? | Declaration of Independence |
| The Virginia colonists believed that they should only be taxed by the ! | Virginia Assembly |
| Who wrote the Declaration of Independence? | Thomas Jefferson |
| How did the Virginia Colonists feel about being taxed? | They believed they should not be taxed since they had no representation in Parliament. |
| Who was the slave from Virginia who served in the Continental Army and successfully requested his freedom after the Revolutionary War? | James Lafayette |
| Who served as commander-in-chief during the Revolutionary War? | George Washington |
| Who spoke out against taxation without representation by saying, “Give me liberty or give me death”? | Patrick Henry |
| Some enslaved African Americans fought for a better chance of ! | freedom |
| What was the name of the first land battle in Virginia during the American Revolution? | The Battle of Great Bridge |
| Who was the horseback rider who warned Thomas Jefferson that the British were coming to arrest him and the members of the General Assembly? | Jack Jouett |
| The end of the Revolutionary War was brought about by the surrender of the British army at ! | Yorktown |
