Unit 4: American Revolution

Great Britain planned to pay off its debt from the French and Indian War by

• Requiring colonists to buy only American goods

• Passing new taxes

• Reducing services to the colonists

• Withdrawing support from the colonists

What was a result of the French and Indian War that led directly to the American Revolution?

• The British lost most of their colonies in the Americas.

• French colonies expanded east of the Appalachians.

• Native American Indians were given lands east of the Appalachians.

• England decided to make the American colonists help pay war debts.

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

• It added territory (Mississippi & Alabama) to the colony and increased security once Britain took control of Florida.

• Georgia colonists suffered great losses of lives and property.

• Georgia was a buffer zone in the fighting between the French and the Indians.

• Georgia was the only colony to support the French against the British in the war.

Parliament imposed the Stamp Act on the colonists in 1765. What was the purpose of the Stamp Act?

• It reduced the tax on sugar and molasses.

• It taxed tea imported to the colonies.

• It allowed news to pass from town to town.

• It required all legal & commercial documents to carry a stamp showing the tax had been paid

The Proclamation of 1763 limited the colonists rights to

• Settle west of the Appalachian Mountains

• Have representation in Parliament

• Throw tea in the Boston Harbor

• Hold town meetings and elect leaders

Why was "No taxation without representation" the colonists' slogan about British taxes?

• Colonists wanted to form their own mercantile organization.

• Colonists wanted their own elected officials to be part of the British Parliament

• Colonists wanted a monopoly on the trade in molasses.

• Colonists wanted Native Americans to have a role in government.

"It is wrong for a government located far away on another continent to ask that we in America pay taxes when it does not represent us."

Of the following people, which one would MOST LIKELY agree with the statement above?

• a delegate from Georgia arguing against the United States Constitution

• a Georgia leader arguing for secession shortly before the Civil War

• a colonist in America during the American Revolution

• a Native American in Georgia shortly after the American Revolution

· Boston Tea Party

· Continental Congress

· Declaration of Independence

· Boycott of British goods

The activities above were supported by most of the

• Creek Indians

• Loyalists

• Patriots

• British

The Battle of Kettle Creek was significant in the Revolutionary War because it

• was a patriot victory that ended British control of northern Georgia.

• forced the British to withdraw from North America.

• proved that the loyalists were victorious and helped them win the American Revolution.

• ended the American Revolutionary War.

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 were royal governors of Georgia.