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Study Guide for American Revolution in Georgia Test – Test is TOMORROW!
1. Why is the French and Indian War considered a long-term cause of the American Revolution?
Great Britain began directly taxing the colonists to raise money to repay war debts from the French and Indian
War
2. How did Georgia benefit from the French and Indian War?
Gained new lands, water access for shipping, farmland, and forests
3. What did the Proclamation of 1763 do?
Forbade colonists from settling west of the Appalachian Mountains
4. How was the Proclamation of 1763 enforced?
By a permanent army of 10,000 British troops
5. What was the Stamp Act created by the British to do?
Raise money to repay war debts from the French and Indian War
6. Did Georgia send a representative to the Stamp Act Congress?
No
7. What were the Intolerable Acts? (List the name of each and what each did)
a. Boston Port Act – closed the port until the tea was paid for
b. Massachusetts Government Act – no town meetings without the agreement of the governor
c. Administration of Justice Act – British officials tried in Great Britain, not in the colonies
d. Quartering Act – colonists had to house and feed British soldiers at their own expense
8. What were the Intolerable Acts meant to do to the colonists?
Restore control over them
9. What was Georgia’s response to the Intolerable Acts?
NOT to send a representative to the Continental Congress to protest the acts
10. What is the correct order of the Declaration of Independence? (Remember it has three parts)
Preamble, Grievances/Complaints, and Conclusion
11. What three rights are protected in the Declaration of Independence?
Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness
12. What are the writers stating in the conclusion of the Declaration of Independence?
A declaration of independence
13. Who was the primary author of the Declaration of Independence?
Thomas Jefferson
14. When was the Declaration of Independence adopted?
July 4, 1776
15. Where was the Declaration of Independence adopted?
Philadelphia
16. Who are the three signers of the Declaration of Independence from Georgia?
Button Gwinnett, Lyman Hall, and George Walton
17. Where did the first Patriot victory of the Revolutionary War in Georgia occur?
Kettle Creek
18. What were the two outcomes of the Battle of Kettle Creek?
Georgia militia took weapons and horses from the British and the spirits of the militia were lifted
19. What was the most significant outcome of the Siege of Savannah?
Savannah remained under British control until 1782
Define the following.
20. Loyalists – colonists who were loyal to Great Britain
21. Patriots – colonists who wanted independence from Great Britain
22. Elijah Clarke – military Colonel who lead the Patriots to victory at the Battle of Kettle Creek
23. Austin Dabney – slave who fought under Clarke during the Battle of Kettle Creek
24. Nancy Hart – Revolutionary War heroine, has a county named for her
25. FREEBIE – Ms. Mourdock has a dog named after a character from what book series?
My dog, Tonks, is named after the witch Nymphadora Tonks from Harry Potter.