SS8H3a-c Georgia and the Revolution

Which two colonial powers fought one another for control of America during the French and Indian War?

• Great Britain and Native Americans

• France and Native Americans

• Great Britain and France

• Georgia and Great Britain

What was significant about Lyman Hall, Button Gwinnett, and George Walton?

• They each represented Georgia at the Stamp Act Congress.

• They each represented Georgia at the First Continental Congress.

• They each signed the Declaration of Independence on behalf of Georgia.

• They each went to Philadelphia as unofficial representatives to the Second Continental Congress.

What was special about Austin Dabney?

• He was a slave who won his freedom for brave service during the war.

• He captured several British leaders despite being wounded and cross-eyed.

• He commanded the patriot troops who won a key victory at Kettle Creek.

• He led a heroic attack during the Siege of Savannah.

What effect did the end of the French and Indian War initially have on Georgia?

• It enraged Georgians because it made the colony smaller.

• It benefited the colony because it gave it more territory and made the colony more secure.

• It endangered the colony because Florida was now a British colony.

• It had little effect because no fighting ever occurred in Georgia.

Tories can best be described as which of the following?

• Colonists who supported independence.

• Colonists who supported the king.

• Colonists who didn't really care because British laws did little to affect their lives.

• Patriots who used violence and threats to keep people from buying British stamps.

How did Patriots in Georgia respond to the Stamp Act and Intolerable Acts?

• They were angered by them and made their protests known.

• They were the only colony to sell stamps because, as the youngest colony, they had strong ties to England.

• They were upset and immediately chose delegates to the Continental Congress.

• They were concerned and refused to ratify the Constitution until these acts were removed.

Why were the other twelve colonies upset with Georgia before July 1775?

• They thought Georgia was responsible for the Intolerable Acts.

• Georgia was the only colony supporting slavery and the slave trade.

• No Georgian would sign the Declaration of Independence.

• Up until that time, Georgia did not seem very supportive of the revolutionary cause.

Who led Georgian Patriots to victory at Kettle Creek, retook Augusta in 1781, and fought numerous skirmishes against Native Americans along the Georgia frontier?

• Elijah Clarke

• Lachlan McIntosh

• Nancy Hart

• Austin Dabney

Which of the following best describes Nancy Hart?

• She often used her beauty to get close to Tory officers and get information.

• She was a little, timid woman, but she still managed to help the revolution.

• She was considered ugly, feisty, and a brave Patriot.

• She was a Tory and eventually had to leave Georgia after the war.

Georgia was _______________.

• the first colony to call for British rebellion against the British.

• one of the first colonies to send delegates to the Continental Congress.

• the only colony not to sign the Declaration of Independence.

• slower than most colonies to break with England.