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Commander in Chief of the Continental Army
First President of the United States
Provided military leadership
Father of our Country
3rd President of the United States
Wrote Declaration of Independence
Wrote Virginia Statute of Religious Freedom
Jack Jouett
Rode to Charlottesville on horseback to keep Jefferson and other leaders from being arrested by British troops.
Declaration of Independence
Says all men are created equally
all people have rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness
gave reasons for independence from Britain and ideas for self government
James Armistead Lafayette
Enslaved African American who fought on the side of the colonists (Patriots) and who earned his freedom after the war.egg
Constitutional Convention
met in 1787 to create a plan of government called the United States Constitution
United States Constitution set up a government where the people were given the power to make laws and elect those who would represent them.

Contained the Bill of Rights
The section of the U.S. Constitution that lists the freedoms given to Americans.

Many of the ideas in the Bill of Rights originated from the Virginia Declaration of Rights and the Virginia Statute of Religious Freedom.
Written by George Mason in 1776.

Stated that all Virginians had many rights that could not be taken away, including freedom of religion and freed of the press.

served as a model for the Bill of Rights and the Constitution of the United States of America.
George Mason wrote the Virginia Declaration of Rights in 1776.

Some of the ideas in the Virginia Declaration of Rights were included in the Constitution.
Virginia Statue of Religious Freedom was written by Thomas Jefferson.

It stated that all people should be free to worship as they please.

served as a model for the Bill of Rights and the Constitution of the United States of America.
Which direction did Virginians move after the American Revolution?
Virginians moved west.
Why did Virginians move west after the American Revolution?
To find better farmland and new opportunities.
How did the Virginians cross the mountains into Kentucky and Tennessee while headed west?
Through the Cumberland Gap.
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