Revolutionary war study guide

Question 0

Where was the Georgia boundary extended after the french and Indian war?

Answer 0

Mississippi River

Question 1

What did the British do when in debt after the French and Indian war and why?

Answer 1

Tax the american colonies for money because they had been protecting the colonies

Question 2

What forbade colonists from settling west of the Appalachian mountains and extended Georgia’s boundary to St.Mary’s River?

Answer 2

Proclamation of 1763

Question 3

What was a tax on newspapers, legal documents, and licenses?

Answer 3

Stamp act

Question 4

What caused the liberty boys to be formed in Georgia?

Answer 4

Stank act

Question 5

What was used to punish the colonists for the Boston tea party?

Answer 5

Intolerable acts

Question 6

What were the 4 parts of the intolerable acts?

Answer 6

British soldiers quartered in homes, port of Boston was closed, trials of British officials held in Britain, and no public meetings without royal governor’s permission.

Question 7

Where did America declare its independence from Great Britain?

Answer 7

Declaration of Independence

Question 8

How Many parts does the Declaration of Independence have?

Answer 8

3

Question 9

1st part- preamble

Answer 9

States how colonists felt about freedom; Thomas Jefferson wrote “all men are created equal “

Question 10

2nd part- body

Answer 10

Listed 27 grievances against king George 3rd

Question 11

3rd part- conclusion

Answer 11

Declared the colonies as an independent nation

Question 12

Who were signers of the Declaration of Independence from Georgia?

Answer 12

Lyman hall, George Walton, and Button Gwinnett

Question 13

Who was against who (loyalties)

Answer 13

Loyalists or Tories VS Patriots or Rebels or Americans

Question 14

Who was a civilian hero during the revolutionary war in hit the only county named after a woman and who shot and captured Torie?

Answer 14

Nancy Hart

Question 15

What siege was a failure?

Answer 15

The American and French seize of Savannah

Question 16

Whose hands did Savannah remain in for the war?

Answer 16

British

Question 17

Who was the militia leader at Kettle Creek?

Answer 17

Elijah Clarke

Question 18

What was the first victory for the Georgia patriot militia?

Answer 18

The battle of kettle creek

Question 19

What did they do in the battle of kettle creek?

Answer 19

Captured many supplies and the victory raised their morale

Question 20

Who was an African American hero?

Answer 20

Austin Dabney

Question 21

Who saved Elijah Clarke’s life?

Answer 21

Austin Dabney

Question 22

Who was rewarded land for his brave actions in the Revolutionary War?

Answer 22

Austin Dabney

Question 23

Who died in a duel?

Answer 23

Button Gwinnett

Question 24

Who gave up a,l lands between the ogeechee and Savannah Rivers north to Augusta as a result of the French and Indian War

Answer 24

The Cherokee and creek

Question 25

What was the sugar act taxing on?

Answer 25

Sugar and molasses

Question 26

What was published throughout the colonies as an example of British tyranny?

Answer 26

Boston massacre

Question 27

What was a tax on paper, lead, glass, and tea imported into the colonies?

Answer 27

Townshend Acts

Question 28

Who was responsible for the Boston Massacre propaganda that turned the colonists against the British?

Answer 28

Paul revere

Question 29

The shot heard around the world marked the start of the revolutionary war at what place?

Answer 29

Lexington and Concord

Question 30

What was signed during the second continental congress?

Answer 30

Declaration of Independence

Question 31

What colony was the only one that didn’t send any representatives to the First continental congress?

Answer 31

Georgia

Question 32

What is considered to have been crucial in winning support for the revolution among colonists?

Answer 32

Common Sense by Thomas Payne

Question 33

Who learned to lead men as an officer in the British army and adapt his tactics to the enemy during the French and Indian War?

Answer 33

George Washington