Chapter 5 American Revolution Flashcards
The Parliament believed that they had what 2 things?
The legal authority in the colonies. The right to tax the colonies.
The colonist believed that they had what 2 things?
Their local assemblies had legal authority. That they should not be taxed because they had no representation in Parliament.
What states that the authority to govern belongs to the people?
Declaration of Independence
The Declaration of Independence was written by whom?
Thomas Jefferson
The Declaration of Independence states all people are?
Created equal
The Virginia colonist believed that the British Parliament had no right to tax them because they had no?
Representation
What famous Virginian spoke out against England by saying, “give me liberty or give me death”?
Patrick Henry
The document authored by Thomas Jefferson and statin that the people should have the authority to govern themselves
Declaration of Independence
The American Colonist and British Parliament disagreed over
how Virginia should be governed.
“All people are created equal and have the right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.” Who said this?
Thomas Jefferson
What group of Patriots served in the Continental Army?
Patriots
Virginians who remained faithful to Great Britain were known as?
Loyalists
Those that did not take sides during the war with England were called?
Neutrals
James Lafeyette was?
The enslaved African American that served in the Continental Army.
Who requested there freedom after the Revolutionary War?
James Lafeyette
