VS. 6 Review

What was the primary reason farmers were looking for new farm land?

• The farms were too small.

• Tobacco farming was hard on the soil.

• Tobacco farming needed more land.

• The cotton gin was invented.

Which VA mountain chain did settlers cross as they migrated west?

• The Rocky Mountains

• The Andes

• The Appalachian Mountains

• The Himalayas

What did settlers take with them as they moved westward?

• traditions

• ideas

• cultures

• all of the above

Which document states that all people have the rights to life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness?

• Declaration of Independance

• Virginia Declaration of Rights

• Virginia Statute of Religious Freedom

• The Mayflower Compact

Who kept detailed notes during the Constitutional Convention and believed in the importance of having a U.S. Constitution?

• George Washington
• James Madison
• George Mason
• Thomas Jefferson

Which document states that all Virginians have the right to freedom of religion and freedom of the press?

• Bill of Rights
• Declaration of Independence
• Virginia Statute of Religious Freedom
• Virginia Declaration of Rights

Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?

• George Mason
• James Madison
• Thomas Jefferson
• George Washington

Which document states that all Virginians should be free to worship as the please?

• Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom
• Virginia Declaration of Rights
• Declaration of Independence

Who earned the title Father of the Constitution?

• George Washington
• George Mason
• Thomas Jefferson
• James Madison

Who wrote the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom?

• Thomas Jefferson
• George Mason
• James Madison
• George Washington