| A | B |
|---|
| Free African Americans | Some fought for independence from Great Britain. |
| Enslaved African Americans | Some fought for a better chance of freedom. |
| American Indians | Many fought alongside the Virginia patriots, while others fought with the British |
| Women | took on more responsibilities to support the war effort. |
| Patrick Henry | inspired patriots from other colonies when he spoke out against taxation without representation by saying, “…give me liberty or give me death.” |
| James Lafayette | an enslaved African American from Virginia, served in the Continental Army and successfully requested his freedom after the war. |
| George Washington | provided military leadership by serving as commander-in-chief of the Continental Army. |
| Thomas Jefferson | provided political leadership by expressing the reasons for colonial independence from Great Britain in the Declaration of Independence. |
| Jack Jouett | rode on horseback through the backwoods of Virginia to Charlottesville to warn Thomas Jefferson, then the governor of Virginia, that the British were coming to arrest him and members of the General Assembly. |
| Patriot | served in the Continental Army and fought for independence, leading to the British surrender at Yorktown. |
| Loyalist | These colonists remained loyal to Great Britain |
| Neutral | These people did not take sides |
