Virginia Studies SOL Test Practice

Why is this person important to the history of Virginia?

• He planned the British defeat at Yorktown.

• He appointed the first governor in Virginia.

• He helped the settlers survive at Jamestown.

• He forced the Powhatan people from Virginia.

Jamestown became a wealthier and more permanent settlement because of the arrival of which two groups?

• Africans and women

• Africans and French settlers

• American Indians (First Americans) and Spanish colonists

• American Indians (First Americans) and English prisoners

Soon after the arrival of the settlers, conflicts began with the Powhatan people over —

• leadership

• education

• religion

• land

After fighting in the Continental Army, James Armistead Lafayette was given —

• a government job

• his college education

• his freedom from slavery

• a higher position in the military

Cause: ? Effect: Jamestown settlers died of starvation Which cause replaces the question mark?

• Lack of survival skills

• Conflict with the Spanish

• Lack of farm lands

• Conflict with John Smith

The colony of Virginia mainly provided England with —

• locations for English prisons

• increased influence with other countries

• American Indians (First Americans) as a labor source

• new sources of raw materials for English industry

In which city did an American victory bring about the end of the Revolutionary War?

• Williamsburg

• Norfolk

• Jamestown

• Yorktown

I am undecided about this war taking place. The British are offering me freedom if I serve the king, but some of my friends have joined the Continental Army.

• An American Indian (First American)

• An African American

• A German American

• A Polish American

Which Virginian is known as the “Father of the Constitution”?

• John Rolfe

• Patrick Henry

• James Madison

• John Marshall

West Virginia separated from Virginia because of different opinions about —

• slavery

• religion

• coal mining

• foreign trade