New Nation

Which person kept detailed notes during the Constitutional Convention?

• George Washington

• Thomas Jefferson

• George Mason

• James Madison

What is the importance of the Cumberland Gap?

• Virginians relocated there in hope to find silver and gold.

• Virginians moved there to avoid attacks by American Indians.

• Virginians crossed there as they migrated west.

• Virginians discovered coal there.

Which famous leader is known as the Father of the Constitution and is skilled at compromising?

• George Washington

• James Madison

• Patrick Henry

• George Mason

What happened when enslaved African Americans were sold to people who lived in other states South and West?

• Many African American families were permanently separated.

• Farmers looked to the South and West for new land.

• Virginians were forced to leave to find jobs.

• Virginians looked for new opportunities.

Which document says all Virginians have rights such as freedom of religion and press?

• Virginia Statute of Religious Freedom

• Virginia Declaration of Rights

• The Declaration of Independence

• The Bill of Rights

The Virginia Statute of Religious Freedom stated that people should be free to ______ as they please

• worship

• speak

• assemble

• vote

Who is known as the "Father of our Country"?

• George Washington

• Christopher Columbus

• George Mason

• Thomas Jefferson

Virginians took many things like enslaved Africans with them when they migrated. What else did they take? (Choose all correct answers)

• Phones

• Culture

• Traditions

• Ideas

Who wrote the Virginia Statute of Religious Freedom?

• Thomas Jefferson

• James Madison

• George Washington

• George Mason

Which famous leader is know for providing a model for future presidents?

• Patrick Henry

• James Madison

• Thomas Jefferson

• George Washington