Released Test Items for Virginia Studies SOL 5a
1. Conflicts developed between _____ over how the colonies should be governed.
A. England and France
B. England and Spain
C. the colonies and England
D. the colonies and France
2. Which of the following does NOT explain a way that the colonists' ideas differed from those of the English Parliament?
F. The colonists believed Parliament had legal authority in the colonies.
G. The colonists believed their government had legal authority.
H. The colonists believed the right to govern belonged to the people.
J. The colonists believed they should not be taxed by Parliament.
3. Which document below gave reasons for colonial freedom and ideas for self-government?
A. Bill of Rights
B. Declaration of Independence
C. Magna Carta
D. Mayflower Compact
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Patrick Henry Thomas Jefferson James Madison George Mason
4. Who was the author of the Declaration of Independence?
F. Patrick Henry
G. Thomas Jefferson
H. James Madison
J. George Mason
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5. This document, the _____ , states that authority to govern belongs to the people, all people are created equal, and all people have rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
A. Bill of Rights
B. Declaration of Independence
C. Magna Carta
D. Mayflower Compact
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Beliefs Stated in the Declaration of Independence
J. The authority to govern belongs to the people
rather than to kings.
K. All people are created equal.
L. All people have rights to life, liberty, and the
pursuit of happiness.
6. Which of the following tells the importance of the Declaration of Independence?
F. It explained why the colonists came to the New World.
G. It gave reasons for independence and ideas for self-government.
H. It told how the colonists expected Parliament to govern.
J. It told what Parliament wanted to do in the colonies