Virginia and the American Revolution

Which statement is true?

• Parliament believed it had the right to tax the colonies.

• Parliament believed the colonists had the right to tax themselves.

• Colonists believed that Parliament had the right to tax them.

• Parliament believed that no one should be taxed without representation.

Which document states that the authority to govern belongs to the people (not the king) and that all people are created equal?

• Virginia Declaration of Rights

• Virginia Statue for Religious Freedom

• Declaration of Independence

• The Constitution

Colonists believed that ________________ should have legal authority in the colonies.

• The King of England

• Local assemblies

• The governor

• Parliament

Who did not take sides during the war?

• Patriots

• Loyalists

• Neutralists

• British

Who served in the Continental Army?

• Patriots

• Loyalists

• Neutralists

• British

Who remained faithful to Britain?

• Patriots

• Loyalists

• Neutralists

• British

Some enslaved African Americans sided with the British because they were promised---

• Money

• Houses

• Freedom

• Clothing

Where did the last land battle of the Revolutionary War take place?

• Jamestown

• Yorktown

• Boston

• Richmond

Who was an enslaved African American who served as a spy during the Revolutionary War?

• George Rogers

• Jack Jouett

• James Lafayette

• James Jefferson

Who was the Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army?

• Robert E. Lee

• George Washington

• Thomas Jefferson

• George Mason