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Virginia and US History SOL Module 1 colonial foundations and the Revolution overview quiz quiz

18questions. Pick an answer and you'll see why right away.

  1. Which of these is a primary source for studying the American Revolution?

  2. To judge how reliable a historical document is, a historian should first ask:

  3. Which phrase best summarizes the main motives for European exploration of the Americas?

  4. What was the most devastating effect of the Columbian Exchange on American Indians?

  5. Which crop saved the struggling Jamestown colony and became Virginia's cash crop?

  6. The Virginia House of Burgesses, established in 1619, was significant because it was:

  7. What second landmark development also occurred in Virginia in 1619?

  8. Which colonial region built its economy mainly on fishing, shipbuilding, and trade?

  9. Why did plantation slavery develop most heavily in the Southern Colonies?

  10. How did an indentured servant differ from an enslaved person?

  11. What was the Middle Passage?

  12. What did the slogan 'no taxation without representation' express?

  13. Which Enlightenment thinker's ideas of natural rights and government by consent shaped the Declaration of Independence?

  14. Which Virginian drafted the Declaration of Independence?

  15. What was Thomas Paine's pamphlet Common Sense (1776)?

  16. Why was George Washington's leadership of the Continental Army so important?

  17. Why is the Battle of Saratoga (1777) considered the turning point of the Revolution?

  18. How did the Battle of Yorktown (1781), in Virginia, end the war?