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Unit 5 Study Guide
Use a separate sheet of paper to answer the following questions to help you prepare for the unit test.
SS8H3a Explain the immediate and long-term causes of the American Revolution and their impact on Georgia.
1.
What was a result of the French and Indian War that led directly to the American Revolution?
2.
What impact did the end of the French and Indian War have on Georgia?
3.
What was the purpose of the Stamp Act?
4.
Explain why many colonists were angered by the Proclamation of 1763.
5.
Name the specific acts that the colonists called “The Intolerable Acts.” (There are 4). What did each act do?
6.
Why was "No taxation without representation" the colonists' slogan about British taxes?
7. What are the 3 sections of the Declaration of Independence?
8. .
Name all the policies and rules placed on the Colonists that led directly to the Revolutionary War. Explain how
each impacted the colonists.
SS8H3b Analyze the significance of people and events in Georgia in the Revolutionary War.
9.
What is the importance of the Battle of Kettle Creek?
10.
What was significant about Lyman Hall, Button Gwinnett, and George Walton?
11. Explain the difference between the Loyalists and the Patriots. What are their “nicknames”?
12.
What was the MOST significant result of the siege of Savannah?
13.
Describe Nancy Hart.
14. Describe the life of Austin Dabney
15. Describe the life of Elijah Clarke.
SS8H4 The student will describe the impact of events that led to the ratification of the United States Constitution and the
Bill of Rights.
16. What are the strengths and weaknesses of the Georgia Constitution of 1777.
17. Which branch of government had the most power under the GA Constitution of 1777?
18. What is meant by saying a unicameral legislature?
19. What are the Articles of Confederation? Explain the strengths and weaknesses.
20. What was the one major improvement of the Constitution over the Articles of Confederation?
SS8H4b Describe the role of GA at the Constitutional Convention of 1787.
21.
What was the purpose of the Constitutional Convention of 1787?
22. Explain the role of Abraham Baldwin at the Constitutional Convention of 1787. What about William Few? What is the “Great
Compromise?”
23. What does bi-cameral legislature mean?
24. What does the term “ratify” mean? Give the reasons Georgia wanted to ratify the Constitution.
25.
Which political principle is shown in the chart on the right?
26. What is the Bill of Rights?
27. Explain the 3/5 Compromise.
28. During which year was the US Constitution ratified.