True/ False
Colonists disagree with English Parliament over how the colonies should be governed.
True
The Executive Branch of Virginia is responsible for
To make sure laws are carried out.
Tobacco growing made the soil bad
so farmers looked west for new opportunites.
The Declaration of Independence
Thomas Jefferson.
Patriot
Colonist who wanted independence from England.
True
Judicial government is headed by
State Court system.
The west had
new opportunities and large areas of land.
George Mason
Virginia Declaration of Rights
Loyalist
colonist who supported the British and did not want independence from England.
The Confederacy surrendered to the North at Yorktown ending the Revolutionary War.
False.. The english surrendered to the Americans at Yorktown to end the Revolutionary War.
Who heads the legislative Branch in Va?
General Assembly
Virginians took with them
their enslaved people, traditions, ideas and cultures.
The army of the Colonists who fought against the British.
Articles of Confederation was an agreed plan of Government.
true
Executive Branch
makes sure laws are carried out.
Development of the Cotton Gin
led to the opening of new lands in the south and attracted settlers from Virginia.
James Madison
Father of the Constitution
Parliment thought...
They had legals authority and had right to tax the colonists.
James Madison wrote Declaration of Independence.
FALSE
Legislative branch in Va.
makes state laws
Mechanical Reaper allowed
farmers to grow more wheat with fewer workers, which forced many Virginians to leave the state in search for jobs.
George Washington
1st American President
the local assemblies had legal authority since they had no representation in parliment, they should not be taxed.