Race #6

Question 1

Who served in the Continental Army and fought against the English

Answer 1

patriots

Question 2

Where did the English surrender?

Answer 2

Yorktown

Question 3

What did they call Virginians who did not take sides in the Revolutionary War?

Answer 3

neutral

Question 4

Some Virginians remained devoted to England. What were they called?

Answer 4

Loyalists

Question 5

How did African Americans feel about the Revolutionary War?

Answer 5

divided

Question 6

Why did some slaves fight along side the English?

Answer 6

freedom

Question 7

Who was one Virginian slave who served in the Continental Army and was given his freedom after the war?

Answer 7

James Armistead Lafayette

Question 8

Who took on more responsibility during the Revolutionary War?

Answer 8

women

Question 9

Who was the commander-in-chief of the Continental Army?

Answer 9

George Washington

Question 10

Who provided political leadership by expressing the reasons for colonial independence from England in the Declaration of Independence?

Answer 10

Thomas Jefferson

Question 11

Who inspired patriots when he spoke out against taxation without representation?

Answer 11

Patrick Henry

Question 12

Where was the last major battle of the Revolutionary War fought?

Answer 12

Yorktown, VA

Question 13

Why was the American victory at Yorktown important?

Answer 13

It resulted in the surrender of the English army, bringing an end to the war.

Question 14

Who was the first president of the US?

Answer 14

George Washington

Question 15

Who believed in the importance of having a US constitution and took notes during the Constitutional Convention?

Answer 15

James Madison

Question 16

Who wrote the VA Declaration of Rights that states all Virginians should have certain rights, including freedom of religion and freedom of the press?

Answer 16

George Mason

Question 17

Who wrote the VA Statute of Religious Freedom?

Answer 17

Thomas Jefferson

Question 18

Who is know as the “Father of the Constitution” because he helped delegates reach agreement during the difficult process of writing the Constitution of the USA?

Answer 18

James Madison

Question 19

Which document states that all people should be free to worship as they please and is the basis for the First Amendment to the Constitution of the USA?

Answer 19

Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom

Question 20

Who is often called the “Father of Our Country” because he provided strong leadership needed to help the young country and provided a mode; of leadership for future presidents?

Answer 20

George Washington

Question 21

Which document because the basis for the Bill of Rights of the Constitution of the USA?

Answer 21

The Virginia Declaration of RIghts

Question 22

Where did people move in VA at the end of the Revolutionary War?

Answer 22

west and south

Question 23

What crop damaged soil and caused many farmers to look west and south for new land to farm?

Answer 23

tobacco

Question 24

As Virginians moved they took their_____, ______, and ______ with them.

Answer 24

traditions, ideas, cultures

Question 25

Virginians _______into western territories looking for large areas of land and new opportunities.

Answer 25

migrated

Question 26

Migrating west, settlers crossed the _____Mountains through the ______Gap as they migrated to new lands.

Answer 26

Appalachian Mountains

Question 27

The North and South had economic differences. They were unable to resolve their conflicts and the South _____from the US?

Answer 27

seceeded

Question 28

What was the economy in the northern part of the US like?

Answer 28

industrial

Question 29

What was the economy in the Southern US like?

Answer 29

agricultural