American Revolution

 Georgia’s loyalty was divided amongst its colonists. Some were loyal to the King and others were outraged over the Intolerable Acts. These two different groups were called

• British and Americans 

• Colonists and Tories

• Effigies and Patriots

•  Loyalists and Patriots

The French and Indian was was fought between the

• French against the Indians

• Indians against the Spanish

• French and British against the Indians

• The French and Indians against the British and the colonists.

This act was passed in 1765....it was a tax on all paper documents in the colonies such as newspapers, documents, and ship papers

• Stamp Act

• King's Seal Act

• Paper Act

• Currency Act

What is the name of colonists who favor the king?

• Unionist

• Redcoat

• Loyalist

• Patriot

Lyman Hall was a minister and doctor in GA who signed the Declaration of Independence.

• True

• Flase

This decree by King George the III moved Georgia’s boundary to the St. Mary’s River and forbade (prohibited) colonists from moving west of the Appalachian Mountains.

• The Line of Demarcation 1773

• The Proclamation of 1763

• The Treaty of Tordesillas 1770

The U.S. Constitution was actually signed by these two Georgia delegates.

• Button Gwinnett and Lyman Hall

• William Few and Abraham Baldwin

• James Madison and Thomas Jefferson

• George Walton and Elijah Clarke

What document was created in an attempt to revise the Articles of Confederation?

• Bill of Rights

• Georgia's Constitution of 1777

• Declaration of Independence

• U.S. Constitution

All of the following Georgians signed the Declaration of Independence EXCEPT

• Lyman Hall

• Button Gwinnett

• George Walton

• James Oglethorpe

Which of these accurately reflects a weakness in the Articles of Confederation?

• The central government held too much power over the states.

• The document was too easily amended by the states.

• There was no separation of powers.

• Congress taxed citizens too much.