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  1. Bacon's Rebellion (1676) in Virginia was mainly a protest against what?

    Answer: Gov. Berkeley's Indian policy and frontier defense

    Nathaniel Bacon's frontier settlers rebelled against Governor Berkeley's refusal to fight Native Americans.

  2. What body, established in 1619, was the first representative legislature in English America?

    Answer: House of Burgesses

    The House of Burgesses first met at Jamestown in 1619.

  3. Who wrote the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom?

    Answer: Thomas Jefferson

    Jefferson wrote it in 1777 and the Assembly passed it in 1786 under Madison's leadership.

  4. Which 1781 battle in Virginia effectively ended major fighting in the Revolutionary War?

    Answer: Yorktown

    Cornwallis surrendered to Washington and French allies at Yorktown.

  5. Who was the principal author of the Virginia Declaration of Rights (1776)?

    Answer: George Mason

    George Mason's document influenced the Bill of Rights.

  6. Which city became the capital of the Confederacy in 1861 after Virginia seceded?

    Answer: Richmond

    The capital moved from Montgomery to Richmond in May 1861.

  7. What cash crop, popularized by John Rolfe, made Jamestown economically successful?

    Answer: Tobacco

    Rolfe's sweeter tobacco variety created a profitable export.

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