VS.5a

What does taxation without representation mean?

• to have a voice in government
• to tax someone with NO say in government
• to do whatever you want

During the Revolutionary War what was the name of the government in England

• Congress
• House of Burgesses
• parliament

Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?

• Thomas Jefferson
• Patrick Henry
• John Smith

The Declaration of Independence states that the authority to govern belongs to the

• people
• the king
• congress

What document explained the reasons that led to the Revolutionary War?

• Bill of Rights
• Declaration of Independence
• Charter

How did the colonists believe they should be governed?

• They believed they should be governed by the king
• They believed they should be governed by local assemblies
• They believed they should not be governed

What was the English Parliament's belief about the way the colonists should be governed?

• The Parliament believed the colonies should govern themselves
• The Paraliment believed that no one should govern
• The Parliament believe they had legal authority over the colonies

The Declaration of Independence states reasons for

• freedom
• compromise
• cooperation

What document gave the reasons for independence and ideas for self government?

• Declaration of Rights
• Preamble
• Declaration of Independence
• Virginia Statute of Religious Freedom

Parliament believed it had the right to _____ the colonies.

• love
• call
• tax
• ignore