Review for VA Studies: American Revolution

What group surrendered at Yorktown?

• Spanish

• British

• Americans

• Virginians

Some enslaved African Americans fought for the British because they were promised-

• Homes

• Freedom

• Money

• Clothing

Which enslaved African American served in the Continental Army and was given his freedom after the Revolutionary War?

• George Wythe

• Nat Turner

• John Brown

• James Lafayette

Which Virginian provided military leadership by serving as commander-in-chief of the Continental Army?

• George Mason

• Patrick Henry

• George Washington

• Thomas Jefferson

The document states the people should have the authority to govern themselves is the -

• Virginia Declaration of Rights

• Declaration of Independence

• Virginia Charters

• Constitution of the United States of America

The colonists in Virginia believed that Parliament had no right to tax them because they had no -

• armies

• representation

• resources

• property

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

• The charters of the Virginia Company of London

• The Declaration of Independence

• The Constitution of the United States

• The Bill of Rights

Many colonists and Parliament disagreed about —

• slaves for sale

• free land to farm

• supplies for building

• control of the government

Who provided political leadership by expressing the reasons for colonial independence from Great Britain in the Declaration of Independence?

• Thomas Jefferson

• George Washington

• King George

• James Monroe

Which statement about these two Virginians is probably true?

• Only one led soldiers in the colonies.

• They had different opinions about African-American slavery.

• Only one paid taxes in the colonies.

• They took opposite sides in the American Revolution.