Copy of VA Studies SOL Study Guide- Day 5 Quick Check

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1. What document listed reasons the colonies wanted independence and gave idea for how they would self govern?

• The Constitution
• The Bill of Rights
• The Declaration of Independence
• The VA Statute of Religious Freedom

2. What did parliament believe?

• local assemblies had legal authority
• Britain had legal authority
• Britain had the right to tax the colonies
• They should not be taxed because they had no representation

3. Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?

• Patrick Henry
• Thomas Jefferson
• George Washington
• Thomas Washington

4. Who remained loyal to Britain?

• Patriots
• Neutralist
• Loyalists

5. Who took on more responsibilities to support the war efforts?

• loyalists
• women
• patriots

6. Who said: "Give me liberty or give me death"

• Patrick Henry
• George Washington
• Thomas Jefferson
• James Lafayette

7. Who was an enslaved African American from VA. Served as a spy in the Continental Army. Won his freedom after many years with the support of Marquis de Lafayette.

• Patrick Henry
• George Washington
• Thomas Jefferson
• James Lafayette

8. Who was their conflict between?

• The colonies
• France
• Britain
• Germany

9. Where was the last major battle of the Revolutionary War?

• Appomattox
• Williamsburg
• Jamestown
• Yorktown