Revolutionary War
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- Q1What document states that all people are created equal and have rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness?The Constitution of the USCharters of the VA Company of LondonThe Declaration of IndependenceThe VA Statute for Religious Freedome30s
- Q2What explains why the VA colonists disagreed with the British Parliament?the colonists believed they should not be taxed because they did not have representation in Parliamentthe colonists felt they should not be taxed because they had no representation in the House of Burgessesthe colonists believed they should be taxed because they had equal representation in Parliamentthe British king began to tax te colonists after he promised he would never tax them30s
- Q3What was the name of the governing body in England during the Revolutionary War?House of BurgessesGovernorCongressParliament30s
- Q4The Declaration of Independence includes all of the following EXCEPT-all of the authority to govern belongs to the people in the colonyall people have the right to life, liberty, and pursuit of happinessall people are created equalall people must follow the rules of the King30s
- Q5What does the term "no taxation without representation" mean?to return products imported from Englandto refuse to pay someone for workingto tax someone without having a voice in Parliamentto refuse to use English products30s
- Q6Who is this person " I was born in the colonies and do not feel like a British subject. I will fight with the Americans"an African AmericanA British citizena patriota loyalist30s
- Q7Who is this person " I was an enslaved African American who spied on the British for the Continental Army. At the end of the Revolutionay War, I successfully requested my freedom."Captain John SmithThomas JeffersonJames LafayettePatrick Henry30s
- Q8Who was the commander-in-chief of the First Continental Army?George WashingtonPatrick HenryJames LafayetteThomas Jefferson30s
- Q9Who drafted the Declaration of Independence?James MadisonThomas JeffersonGeorge WashingtonPatrick Henry30s
- Q10Which was NOT a role of Virginians during the Revolutionary War?Some Virginians remained loyal to Great Britiansome enslave African Americans fought for the Britishmany Virginians fought withe the Continental Armyall Virginians remained loyal to the king30s
- Q11Who spoke out against taxation without representation by saying, "give me liberty or give me death"?Thomas JeffersonPatrick HenryGeorge WashingtonJames Lafayette30s
- Q12Where did the final battle of the American Revolution take place?CharlottesvilleGreat BridgeYorktownNorfolk30s
- Q13As a result of the Revolutionary War-the colonists had to continue paying unfair taxes on certain itemsthe colonists were forced to move back to Great BritainGreat Britain continued to control Colonial VAGreat Britain gave up control of the colonies30s
- Q14Identify the last significant military battle involving British forces and the Continental Army.Battles of Lexington and ConcordBattle of YorktownBattle of SaratogaBattle of Bunker Hill30s
- Q15Each of these citites have been the capital of VA EXCEPT-RichomondJamestownCharlottesvilleWilliamsburg30s