Georgia Studies Chapter 8

A unit of citizen soldiers was called a (an) ________.

• army

• militia

• national guard

This skirmish happened when the colonists and some British soldiers got out of hand. Five people died; the first colonist to die was Crispus Attacks.

• Battle of Bunker Hill

• Boston Tea Party

• Boston Massacre

Members of this group dressed as Indians and dumped tea into the Boston Harbor, which was later known as the Boston Tea Party.

• Sons of Liberty

• Redcoats

• Massachusetts Militia

Three governing ideas that the colonists brought over from Britain were ____.

• consent of the governed, taxation with representation, monarchy

• representative government, limited government, and consent of the governed

• representative government, trials without a jury, limited government

Members of the Second Continental Congress adopted this document written by Thomas Jefferson and sent to King George III.

• Magna Carta

• Articles of Confederation

• Declaration of Independence

Georgia had three delegates to sign the Declaration of Independence. Who were they?

• William Few, Button Gwinnett, George Pierce

• Button Gwinnett, Lyman Hall, William Pierce

• Button Gwinnett, Lyman Hall, George Walton

This man was named as the commander-in-chief of the Continental Army for the colonists.

• George Washington

• John Adams

• Thomas Jefferson

"The shot heard 'round the world" happened between Massachusetts minutemen and British troops at the battles of ___ and ___.

• Boston and Bunker Hill

• Lexington and Boston

• Lexington and Concord

Colonists who were Anti-British were known as Whigs or ____.

• Liberty Boys

• Tories

• Patriots

Colonists who were supporters of Britain were known as loyalists or ___.

• Tories

• Patriots

• Whigs