Unit 5: American Revolution in GA Review

What is being described?

Passed in 1765

Taxed newspapers, legal documents, and licenses

An attempt to raise money for war debt

• Stamp Act

• Molasses Act

• Sugar Act

• Intolerable Act

Why were many colonists angered by the Proclamation of 1763?

• Colonists were mostly Roman Catholic, and the proclamation outlawed practicing Catholicism east of the Appalachian Mountains.

• Colonists wanted to expand the colony's borders, but the proclamation gave part of Georgia's territory to the South Carolina colony.

• Colonists wanted to trade with American Indians living in the Indian Reserve, but the proclamation outlawed all trade with American Indians.

• Colonists wanted to settle land gained in the French and Indian War, but the proclamation outlawed settlement west of the Appalachian Mountains.

This battle during the American Revolution was a military victory that boosted morale of the Georgia Patriots.

• Siege of Savannah

• Battle of Kettle Creek

This battle during the American Revolution was a failed attempt by the French and the American colonists to recapture the Georgia capital

• Siege of Savannah

• Battle of Kettle Creek

What compromise reached at the Constitutional Convention created a two-house legislature. One house having equal representation for each state (making the smaller states happy), and the other house basing representation on population size (making the larger states happy)?

• Election compromise

• Great Compromise

• Slave Trade Compromise

• Three-Fifths Compromise

What type of tax would the Stamp Act most likely be identified as?

• Sales Tax

• Federal Grant

• Income Tax

• Property Tax

Which geographic feature was chosen by King George III as the Proclamation Line of 1763?

• Atlantic Ocean

• Fall Line

• Mississippi River

• Appalachian Mountains

Which statement best describes how the French and Indian War led to America's Revolutionary War?

• Great Britain gained control of Canada and tried to use Canada’s tax structure on the thirteen colonies

• France lost the Louisiana territory, and the southern colonies argued with Great Britain over claims to newly acquired land

• To get revenge, France incited rebellion in the colonies and enticed Spain to move into the territories of the British colonies

• To get money to repay war debts, Great Britain taxed the colonies on the premise that the war had been necessary to protect the colonies from the French

Which part of the Declaration of Independence did the following excerpt come from?

"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness..."

• List of Grievances

• Preamble

• Official Declaration

Which part of the Declaration of Independence did the following excerpt come from?

"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 benefits of Trial by Jury"

• List of Grievances

• Preamble

• Official Declaration