8th Grade - American Revolutionary Era

Question 1

This compromise created a Senate and House of Representative (bicameral legislature).

Accepted Answer

The Great Compromise

Question 2

The Articles of Confederation did NOT have this power, so they could not raise funds for the government

Accepted Answer

Impose Taxes

Question 3

A colonist who fought against the British was known as a?

Accepted Answer

Patriot

Question 4

All of the following were signers from GA of the Declaration of Independence, EXCEPT?

Accepted Answer

Abraham Baldwin

Question 5

What document declared the Colonists free of Great Britain?

Accepted Answer

Declaration of Independence

Question 6

What was America's first constitution, which had many limitations?

Accepted Answer

Articles of Confederation

Question 7

Which of the following was one of the 1st taxes placed on Colonists by the British?

Accepted Answer

Stamp Act

Question 8

Why did the British begin taxing the Colonists?

Accepted Answer

Had to repay war debts

Question 9

What law forbade colonists to move west of the Appalachian Mountains?

Accepted Answer

Proclamation of 1763

Question 10

What compromise counted slaves as part of the population?

Accepted Answer

The Three-Fifths Compromise

Question 11

What did the Treaty of Paris do?

Accepted Answer

Ended the American Revolution

Question 12

Lyman Hall was a Georgian who signed?

Accepted Answer

Declaration of Independence

Question 13

Who was the primary author of the Declaration of Independence?

Accepted Answer

Thomas Jefferson

Question 14

What was the importance of the Battle of Kettle Creek?

Accepted Answer

Boosted the Morale of the Patriots and provided supplies

Question 15

What natural feature was used in the Proclamation of 1763, as the line not to cross?

Accepted Answer

Appalachian Mountains

Question 16

The French-Indian War was part of a larger conflict between Britain and France called

Accepted Answer

The Seven Year War

Question 17

What war led the British into debt, which ultimately led to the American Revolution?

Accepted Answer

French and Indian War

Question 18

In response to taxes, colonists engaged in

Accepted Answer

Protests

Question 19

A failed attempt by the French and American Colonists to recapture this city from the British military?

Accepted Answer

Siege of Savannah

Question 20

Who were the two signers of the U.S. Constitution from Georgia?

Accepted Answer

Abraham Baldwin and William Few Jr.

Question 21

This branch of government was the only one that existed under the Articles of Confederation.

Accepted Answer

Legislative

Question 22

Which part of the Declaration of Independence do we state our rights and what the document is about?

Accepted Answer

Preamble

Question 23

Who signed the Proclamation of 1763, forbidding colonizing west of the Appalachian mountains?

Accepted Answer

King George III

Question 24

Which of the following is NOT part of the Declaration of Independence?

Accepted Answer

Thesis

Question 25

Having to "quarter (keep) troops" in the homes of colonists were an example of what?

Accepted Answer

A grievence

Question 26

Powers of the Articles of Confederation included all of the following, EXCEPT

Accepted Answer

Regulate Trade of Goods

Question 27

Which city in Georgia was recaptured by the British?

Accepted Answer

Savannah

Question 28

Which European country assisted the colonists during the American Revolution?

Accepted Answer

The French

Question 29

Elijah Clarke led Georgia patriots to a surprising victory over 600 loyalists at what event?

Accepted Answer

Battle of Kettle Creek

Question 30

How many parts of the Declaration of Independence are there?

Accepted Answer

3

Question 31

Who was the leader of Great Britain during the American Revolution?

Accepted Answer

King George III

Question 32

Colonists who were Loyal to Great Britain during the American Revolution?

Accepted Answer

Loyalists

Question 33

At what event did the founders create a new Constitution?

Accepted Answer

The constitutional convention

Question 34

Who won the French and Indian War?

Accepted Answer

British

8th Grade - American Revolutionary Era

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8th Grade - American Revolutionary Era

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