Read each question careful then select the correct answer.

1. How did the English and the colonists feel about taxes in the colonies?

   1.   ?    The English Parliament felt it had the right to tax colonists and the colonists agreed.
   2.   ?    The English Parliament felt it had the right to tax the colonists and the colonists thought it did not.
   3.   ?    The English Parliament did not think the colonists should pay taxes and the colonists agreed.
   4.   ?    The English Parliament did not think the colonists should pay taxes and the colonists disagreed.

2. The English Parliament believed it had legal authority over the colonists. Who did the colonists believe had legal authority?

   1.   ?    English Parliament
   2.   ?    The King of England
   3.   ?    Their local assemblies
   4.   ?    The United States Government

3. What did the colonists mean when they said there should be "No taxation without representation"?

   1.   ?    No one should have to pay taxes.
   2.   ?    Only members of the English Pariament should pay taxes.
   3.   ?    Everyone should pay the same amount of taxes.
   4.   ?    Colonists should not have to pay taxes unless they were allowed to vote.

4. Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?

   1.   ?    Thomas Jefferson
   2.   ?    George Washington
   3.   ?    Patrick Henry
   4.   ?    James Madison

5. Which of these did the Declaration of Independence say?

   1.   ?    The authority to govern belongs to the people rather than to kings.
   2.   ?    The authority to govern belongs to kings.
   3.   ?    Only the English Parliament can make laws for the colonists.
   4.   ?    The English Parliament should be abolished.

6. Which of these did the Declaration of Independence say?

   1.   ?    All people are created equal.
   2.   ?    Only men should be allowed to vote.
   3.   ?    The King of England should be removed from England.
   4.   ?    All people have the right to own land.

7. What was the name of the colonist's army that fought against England?

   1.   ?    The British Guard
   2.   ?    The Continental Army
   3.   ?    The Confederacy
   4.   ?    The Loyalists

8. How did Virginians feel about the war with England?

   1.   ?    Many fought for the Continental Army, but some stayed loyal to England, and some were neutral.
   2.   ?    All Virginians fought for the Continental Army.
   3.   ?    Virginians did not care about the Revolutionary War.
   4.   ?    Virginians remained neutral.

9. How did James Armistead Lafayette become free?

   1.   ?    He escaped on the Underground Railroad.
   2.   ?    He fought for the English and was given freedom.
   3.   ?    He fought for the Continental Army and was given freedom.
   4.   ?    He traveled to a free state.

10. How did women's roles change during the Revoluntary War?

    1.   ?    They took on more responsibility.
    2.   ?    They took on less responsibility.
    3.   ?    Their roles did not change.
    4.   ?    They did not know about the war.

11. Who was the Commander in Chief of the Continental Army?

    1.   ?    Thomas Jefferson
    2.   ?    Patrick Henry
    3.   ?    James Madison
    4.   ?    George Washington

12. Who said "Give me liberty or give me death"?

    1.   ?    Thomas Jefferson
    2.   ?    Patrick Henry
    3.   ?    James Madison
    4.   ?    George Washington

13. What was the last major battle of the Revolutionary War?

    1.   ?    Gettysburg
    2.   ?    Appomattox
    3.   ?    Yorktown
    4.   ?    Manassas

14. What happened at Yorktown, Virginia?

    1.   ?    The Continental Army surrendered to England.
    2.   ?    The English army surrendered to the colonists.
    3.   ?    The Revolutionary War began.
    4.   ?    The English won their first battle.