Another Review for MID-TERM Exam/Q2

This was the reason for the Siege of Savannah...

• to end British occupation/(to occupy) of the city

• to force Savannah businesses to provide military support

• to end colonial boycott of British products

• to raise more cotton

The people in the colony of Georgia were slow to support the American Revolution - because

• Colonists were too tired to fight

• the economy of the colony depended on trade with Great Britain

• Religious leaders told people they must remain peaceful

• the colonists had no interest in the war

This document was the first constitution for the newly formed United States of America...

• The Articles of Colonization

• The Articles of Domination

• The Articles of Peaceful Gathering

• The Articles of Confederation

Many of the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation can be traced back to

• laissez-faire economic policies

• concerns over states operating autonomously( freedom to govern themselves)

• fears of a central government with too much power.

• refusal to be a part of the new nation.

Lyman Hall, Button Gwinnett, George Walton

• Georgians who signed the Declaration of Independence

• Georgians who signed the Articles of Confederation

• Georgians who signed the Constitution of the United States

• Georgians who founded the colony