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What document states that all people are created equal and have rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness?
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The Constitution of the US
Charters of the VA Company of London
The Declaration of Independence
The VA Statute for Religious Freedome
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What explains why the VA colonists disagreed with the British Parliament?
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the colonists believed they should not be taxed because they did not have representation in Parliament
the colonists felt they should not be taxed because they had no representation in the House of Burgesses
the colonists believed they should be taxed because they had equal representation in Parliament
the British king began to tax te colonists after he promised he would never tax them
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What document states that all people are created equal and have rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness?
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What explains why the VA colonists disagreed with the British Parliament?
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What was the name of the governing body in England during the Revolutionary War?
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The Declaration of Independence includes all of the following EXCEPT-
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What does the term "no taxation without representation" mean?
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Who is this person " I was born in the colonies and do not feel like a British subject. I will fight with the Americans"
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Who 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."
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Who was the commander-in-chief of the First Continental Army?
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Who drafted the Declaration of Independence?
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Which was NOT a role of Virginians during the Revolutionary War?
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Who spoke out against taxation without representation by saying, "give me liberty or give me death"?
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Where did the final battle of the American Revolution take place?
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As a result of the Revolutionary War-
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Identify the last significant military battle involving British forces and the Continental Army.
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Each of these citites have been the capital of VA EXCEPT-
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VA's capital was moved from Jamestown to Williamsburg and then to....
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Which is NOT a reason why the capital was moved from Williamsburg to Richmond?
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Thomas was a soldier who lived in VA long ago. He lived in the capital that provided soldiers with the most time to prepare for an attack by the British. Where did he live?
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Which shows the cities in the order they became capitals of VA?
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Who was the British king during the Revolutionary War?
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Who was the British general who surrendered at Yorktown?
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Who was commander-in-chief of the Continental Army?
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Who was governor of VA and author of the Declaration of Independence?
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Who said "Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death?
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Who wrote a pamphlet called 'Common Sense'?
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Who was the French nobleman who served in the Continental Army; worked with the king of France to send French troops, ships, and funds that assisted the colonists in the American Revolution and contributed to the victory at Yorktown?
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Who was the enslaved African American who wrote poems and plays supporting American independence and who eventually gained her freedom?
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Who did not pick sides during the war?
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Who rode 40 miles to warn Thomas Jefferson about the British?
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Who was the slave who served in the Continental Army and gained freedom after the war>
