GA and the Revolutionary War

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
• Tea Act
• Paper Act
• Currency Act

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 
• Effigies and Patriots 
• Colonists and Tories
• Loyalists and Patriots

How did the French and Indian War (Seven Years War) contribute to the American Revolution? 

• France wanted revenge after losing the war and negotiated with the colonies to fight England.
• Indians that fought in the war supported the colonies and encouraged them to fight the British.
• England went into debt because of the war and decided to tax the colonies to get their money back.
• England was unhappy with the colonies performance in the war and punished them with taxes. 

The French and Indian War was the French vs. the Indians

• True
• False

When colonies were taxed without their input, it was also known as...

• Intolerable Acts
• Mayflower Compact
• Taxation w/out Representation
• English Proclamation

What does Lyman Hall, Button Gwinnett and Georgia Walton have in common?

• A. They signed the US Constitution from Georgia.

• B. They signed the Proclamation of 1763 from Georgia.

• C. They signed the Declaration of Independence from Georgia.

• D. They were all from the North.

Who wrote the first draft of the Declaration of Independence?

• A. Button Gwinnett

• B. Lyman Hal

• C. Thomas Jefferson

• D. Thomas Paine

How did concerns about the quartering of troops in the colonies influence the writing of the Declaration of Independence?

• Because colonists considered the practice to be violating an

  unalienable right, they wrote a preamble to the document

  condemning the practice.

• Because colonists considered the practice necessary for the security of the colonies, they demanded the king send troops to

  the colonies in the declaration section.

• Because colonists considered the practice to be unjust, they

  included quartering soldiers in private homes in the list of

  grievances included in the document.

• Because colonists considered the practice beneficial for colonial economies, they urged the king to make a law requiring the

  quartering of troops in the demands section.

All of the following Georgians signed the Declaration of Independence EXCEPT

• Lyman Hall

• Button Gwinnett

• George Walton

• James Oglethorpe

"For cutting off our Trade with all parts of the world:

For imposing Taxes on us without our Consent:

For depriving us in many cases, of the benefit of Trial by Jury:

For transporting us beyond Seas to be tried for pretended offences:” What part of The Declaration of Independence is being quoted above?

• The preamble

• The declaration

• The grievances

• The conclusion