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QUESTIONS
1. What events were occurring in the North?
2. What battle had decided the question of war, when and where
fought?3. Who was chosen commander, and on what condition did he accept?
4. What is said of Washington, and why was his appointment a
political necessity?5. Tell what active part Virginia took in the war, and what of her
soldiers?6. Was the war waged at first for separation from Great Britain?
7. What was Virginia's action for independence?
8. What was the Bill of Rights, and what followed its adoption?
9. What was the Constitution, and what did it contain?
10. Who was elected first governor under this Constitution?
11. What motion did Richard Henry Lee bring up in Congress?
12. Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?
13. Who was Thomas Jefferson?
14. Virginia was foremost in what decisive steps?
15. Describe Virginia's new seal. By whom was it devised?
16. Give the controversy as to religious liberty in Virginia.
17. Who defended the established church, and who the dissenters?
18. What was the result?
19. What was the Law of Primogeniture?
20. Who made an attack upon it, and with what result?
21. Why was a dictator proposed for Virginia?
22. What feelings did this arouse?
23. How did Washington restore confidence?
24. Tell of Burgoyne's invasion.
25. What is said of his Indian allies?
26. Give an account of Morgan and his riflemen.
27. Where was a desperate battle fought, and with what result?
28. When and where did Burgoyne surrender?
29. What did France do after the surrender of Burgoyne?
30. What does Sir Edward Creasy say of the battle of Saratoga?
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