American Revolution

Mrs. Hammersley's 4th Grade

American Revolution

How many of these questions can you answer about the time surrounding the American Revolutionary War?

The answers are at the end of the questions. Highlight the area after the word Answer.

1. What were slaves offered in return for fighting in the Revolutionary War?
Answer:freedom

2. Who rode all night to warn Governor Jefferson that British troops were coming?
Answer:Jack Jouett

3. Why was Virginia's capital moved from Williamsburg to Richmond?
Answer:Richmond could not be attacked by sea.

4. Where was the last major battle of the Revolutionary War fought?
Answer:Yorktown

5. Who were Morgan's Rifles?
Answer:Daniel Morgan's soldiers

6. Who led sharpshooting soldiers from the Shenandoah Valley who were feared by the British?
Answer:Daniel Morgan

7. What is a person called who has a special love for their country and works for its good?
Answer:a patriot

8. Name five people who were considered to be patriots in Virginia?
Answer:George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Patrick Henry, George Mason, and Richard Henry Lee

9. Who was known as the Father of the American Navy?
Answer:John Paul Jones

10. What is the name of the spy who used the name Lafayette?
Answer:James Armistead

11. Where were the first shots of the Revolutionary War fired?
Answer:Lexington and Concord, Massachusetts

12. Who said, "I have not yet begun to fight," when he was asked to surrender during a battle?
Answer:John Paul Jones

13. Name the seven men from Virginia who were representatives at the Continental Congress?
Answer:George Washington, Richard Henry Lee, Patrick Henry, Edmund Randolph, Richard Bland, Benjamin Harrison, and Peyton Randolph

14. Who said "Give me liberty of give me death"?
Answer:Patrick Henry