Revolutionary War Study Guide

Questions
1. Where did the Revolutionary War end?

2. What did Patrick Henry say?

3. Who surrendered and ended the Revolutionary War?

4. Who was James Lafayette?

5. What are some things that George Washington is best known for?

6. Colonists who were neutral during the war did what?

7. Who were the loyalists?

8. What type of leadership did Jefferson provide?

9. Where did the colonists want to be represented?

10. Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?

11. Who did the colonists believe that the authority to govern belonged to?

12. What did women do during the war?

13. What did the Declaration of Independence say?

Answers
1. At Yorktown
2. "Give me liberty, or give me death!"
3. The English
4. A slave who served in the Continental Army and was given his freedom after the war
5. Being Commander in Chief of the Continental Army and President of the Continental Congress
6. They did not support the colonists or England
7. People who supported the American Revolution
8. political
9. in Congress
10. Thomas Jefferson
11. All people
12. They had more responsibility
13. All people are created equal and have rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
The authority to govern belongs to the people.