WorksheetsVS.5a-c
Total questions: 14
Worksheet time: 7mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Conflicts developed between the colonies and _______ over how the colonies should be governed.
a)
France
b)
Spain
c)
England
d)
Portugal
2.
Who believed it had legal authority in the colonies?
a)
Parliament & Local Assemblies
b)
General Assembly & House of Burgess
c)
Parliament & England
d)
Parliament & President of USA
3.
What document gave the reasons for independence and ideas for self government?
a)
Declaration of Rights
b)
Preamble
c)
Declaration of Independence
d)
Virginia Statute of Religious Freedom
4.
Parliament believed it had the right to _____ the colonies.
a)
love
b)
call
c)
tax
d)
ignore
5.
Who served in the Continental army and fought against the English?
a)
loyalist
b)
patriot
c)
nuetralist
d)
tory
6.
Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?
a)
Thomas Jefferson
b)
Patrick Henry
c)
George Washington
d)
George Mason
7.
Name a slave from Virginia who served in the Continental Army and was given his freedom after the war.
a)
Nat Turner
b)
Dred Scott
c)
Frederick Douglass
d)
James Lafayette
8.
Where did the English surrender?
a)
Jamestown
b)
Williamsburg
c)
Yorktown
d)
Richmond
9.
What was the name of the 1st land battle ?
a)
Battle of Bull Run
b)
Battle of Great Bridge
c)
Battle of Yorktown
d)
Battle of Fredericksburg
10.
Name the person who inspired patriots from other colonies when he spoke out against taxation without representation by saying "...give me liberty or give me death..."
a)
Patrick Henry
b)
Thomas Jefferson
c)
George Mason
d)
James Madison
11.
Who warned Thomas Jefferson the British were coming?
a)
Paul Revere
b)
Jack Jouett
c)
Lord Cornwallis
d)
King James I
12.
Other Virginians remained devoted to England. They were called what?
a)
patriots
b)
nuetralists
c)
loyalists
d)
nothing
13.
Who won the Revolutionary War?
a)
British
b)
France
c)
Colonies
d)
Nobody
14.
Where was the last battle of the Revolutionary War fought?
a)
Norfolk
b)
Yorktown
c)
Hampton
d)
Suffolk
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