VA Studies SOL Review: Who Said That?

"No more taxes! It's time to fight for our independence!"

Who said that?

• a patriot

• a loyalist

• a burgess

"I plan to call the first meeting of the General Assembly."

Who said that?

• a member of the governor's council

• the governor of Virginia

• a member of Parliament

"We just built our new home in the Shenandoah Valley. Come visit us! We live along the migration route, so we'll be easy to find."

Who said that?

• a member of the Algonquian tribe

• an archaeologist

• a Scots-Irish settler

"I think I'll make a lot of money with my new investment. Let's hope the settlers strike it rich with silver and gold!"

Who said that?

• a federal government worker

• a stockholder from the Virginia Company of London

• a member of Parliament

"My brother made a lot of money selling apples last year, but he had to give a big share of it to the landowner."

Who said that?

• a burgess

• a sharecropper

• an archaeologist

"Slavery must end NOW!"

Who said that?

• an abolitionist

• a Portuguese sailor

• a member of the governor's Council

"I decided to fight for independence from Great Britain!"

Who said that?

• a free African American during the Civil War

• an enslaved African American during the Revolutionary War

• a free African American during the Revolutionary War

"I found an amazing tool during our dig. We are learning so much about Jamestown's first settlers."

Who said that?

• a delegate at the Constitutional Convention

• an abolitionist

• an archaeologist

"I love my job! I think it's important to check that new laws agree with the state constitution."

Who said that?

• the governor of Virginia

• a member of the judicial branch

• a member of the General Assembly

"Our tribe had been living in the Piedmont region since long before the English came."

Who said that?

• a member of the Cherokee tribe

• a member of the Monacan tribe

• a member of the Powhatan tribe