Governor's Race Study Test #6
History review
- 1.The colonies and the English Parliment argued over what issue?
- A.
How the colonies should be governed
- B.
How the country should be split
- C.
How the community should be built
- 2.Who did the colonists believe had legal authority over them?
- A.
Their local assemblies (government)
- B.
Kings and Queens
- C.
No one
- 3.Parliment believed it had the right to do what in the colonies?
- A.
The right to move them
- B.
The right to tax them
- C.
The right to send them to war
- 4.Why did the colonies believe they shouldn't be taxed by Parliment?
- A.
The colonies were not large enough
- B.
The colonies had no representation in Parliment
- C.
They felt sad about it
- 5.Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?
- A.
Andrew Jackson
- B.
Thomas Jefferson
- C.
Abraham Lincoln
- 6.What three things did the Declaration of Independence state? (choose three answers)
- A.
Authority to govern belongs to the people
- B.
All people are created equal
- C.
Always keep your doors locked
- D.
All people have the right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness
- 7.What was the first land battle, of the American Revolution, fought in Virginia?
- A.
Battle of Big Hill
- B.
Battle of Large Hole
- C.
Battle of Great Bridge
- 8.Who rode on horseback through the backwoods of Virginia to Charlottesville to warn Thomas Jefferson the British were coming to arrest him?
- A.
Peter Lewis
- B.
Jack Jouett
- C.
Homer Simpson
- 9.The American victory at Great Bridge forced the British colonial governor to flee which city?
- A.
Newport News
- B.
Virginia Beach
- C.
Norfolk
- 10.Which Virginians served in the Continental Army and fought for independence?
- A.
Poets
- B.
Patriots
- C.
Parrots
- 11.Which Virginians supported the British (English) in the Revolutionary War?
- A.
Loyalists
- B.
Lyricists
- C.
Lions
- 12.Which group fought for a better chance at freedom?
- A.
Enslaved African Americans
- B.
White Americans
- C.
Native Americans
- 13.Who was the slave that was a spy for the Continental army and earned his freedom after the war?
- A.
John Jacob Astor
- B.
James Armistead Lafayette
- C.
Jimmy Michael Washington
- 14.Which group fought for independence from Britain?
- A.
Free African Americans
- B.
African American Slaves
- C.
Native Americans
- 15.Which group had many of its members to fight alongside the Virginia patriots, while other fought with the British?
- A.
American Indians
- B.
African Americans
- C.
Women
- 16.Who served as the Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army?
- A.
Thomas Jefferson
- B.
Andrew Jackson
- C.
George Washington
- 17.Who provided the most military leadership to Virginia and the colonies during the Revolutionary War?
- A.
George Washington
- B.
Abraham Lincoln
- C.
John Adams
- 18.While the men were fighting the war, the women took on more responsibility at home.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 19.Who provided the most political leadership during the Revolutionary War?
- A.
George Washington
- B.
Thomas Jefferson
- C.
Abraham Lincoln
- 20.When was the Declaration of Independence adopted?
- A.
July 4, 1776
- B.
June 13, 1975
- C.
January 10, 1823
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