VA Studies SOL Review: Important Documents

In the late 1700s, a new American nation was forming. Name the document that outlined how the government of the new country would work.

• the Charters of the Virginia Company of London

• the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom

• the Declaration of Independence

• the United States Constitution

Who had the power to grant charters allowing settlement in North America in the early 1600s?

• the Governor of Virginia

• the Governor's Council

• the King of England

• the President of the United States

What important document did George Mason write?

• the Declaration of Independence

• the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom

• the Virginia Declaration of Rights

• the U.S. Constitution

According to the Declaration of Independence, what basic rights do all people have? Choose all.

• life

• religious freedom

• liberty

• the pursuit of happiness

• freedom of the press

Who wrote the Constitution of the United States of America?

• George Mason

• delegates at the Constitutional Convention

• Thomas Jefferson

• delegates in the Virginia General Assembly

Which statement could fit in the center of this diagram?

• both were written by Thomas Jefferson

• both protect freedom of the press

• both were written by Virginians

• both were written by George Mason

The Virginia Charters did all of the following, except:

• extend English rights to the settlers of Jamestown

• establish tobacco prices

• define the physical boundaries of the colony

• establish a settlement in North America

The Declaration of Independence and the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom were written by ...

• Thomas Jefferson

• George Mason

• James Madison

• Patrick Henry

Who received charters granting permission to establish the Jamestown settlement?

• King James I of England

• the General Assembly

• Jamestown Stockholders, Inc.

• the Virginia Company of London

"The Revolutionary War is officially over! They've just signed the document."

What document is being discussed?

• the Declaration of Independence

• the U.S. Constitution

• the Treaty of Paris

• the Charters of the Virginia Company of London