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American Revolution & Georgia Statehood
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This document has three parts: a preamble, a list of grievances, & the concluding break up.
The Declaration of Independence
The U.S. Constitution
The Treaty of Paris
The Articles of Confederation
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Colonists were told they could not settle in Indian territory west of the Appalachian Mountains
Lexington and Concord
Proclamation of 1763
Boston Massacre
Intolerable Acts
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Who was at the Constitutional Convention with Abraham Baldwin?
Button Gwinnett
Lyman Hall
William Few
George Walton
4
The Articles of Confederation created:
A powerful executive branch
A strong national government
A government with powerful states
A government with three strong branches
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What was the purpose of the Constitutional Convention of 1787?
Write the Declaration of Independence
Declare War
Establish a document with a stronger Federal Government
Create State Militias
6
Which act limited colonists' freedom to move west?
The Stamp Act
The Proclamation of 1763
The Townshend Act
The Intolerable Acts
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Who represented GA and signed the Declaration of Independence?
William Few
Elijah Clarke
Abraham Baldwin
Button Gwinett
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Who represented GA during the revision of the Articles of Confederation? He also signed the U.S. Constitution for GA.
Button Gwinnett
Lyman Hall
William Few
James Oglethorpe
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These were a British response to the Boston Tea Party:
Sugar Act
Intolerable Acts
Stamp Act
Tea Act
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Which key figure of the Revolution was the commander and chief of the Continental Army?
Thomas Jefferson
James Madison
Benjamin Franklin
George Washington
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This is the first document of the new American government.
Articles of Confederation
U.S. Constitution
GA's Constitution of 1777
GA's Charter of 1732
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How did the French & Indian War impact Georgia?
Georgia lost many soldiers in the war.
Georgia's border expanded to include more land.
Georgia suffered loss because they supported the French.
Georgia colonists lost land.
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People who agreed with the King George III.
Whigs
Militia
Loyalists
Patriots
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Which Georgian was NOT a signer of the Declaration of Independence?
Button Gwinnett
Lyman Hall
Abraham Baldwin
George Walton
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What does the term
separation of powers
refer to?
Separation of Federal and State Government
Separation of U.S. and Britain
Separation of City and Town government
Separation of Legislative, Executive, and Judicial branches
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Patriots were British colonists who wanted to be free from Great Britain's rule.
True
False
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What are the first 10 Amendments to the U.S. Constitution known as?
Preamble
Bill of Rights
Rights and Liberties
First 10 Amendments
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How was the issue of slavery and how slaves would be counted for representation solved?
Three-fifths Compromise
Five-thirds Compromise
Great Compromise
Missouri Compromise
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Which GA representative was influential in creating the Great Compromise?
Button Gwinett
Lyman Hall
William Few
Abraham Baldwin
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Which law placed a tax on all paper goods in the colonies?
Intolerable Act
Tea Act
Stamp Act
Sugar Act
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The French & Indian War did the following:
Caused many Georgians to lose their lives
Added territory to the colony of GA
Made GA a buffer zone in the fighting
All of the Above
22
What part of the Declaration is the longest?
Conclusion
Grievances
Preamble
Demands
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Which GA city was captured by Britain and remained in their control until the end of the war?
Milledgeville
Atlanta
Savannah
Augusta
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What was the purpose of the new laws passed after the French and Indian War?
make the king rich
To improve the colonies
pay war debt
To anger the Colonists
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Conflicts between large state and small state representation were resolved by...
The Three-fifths Compromise
The Declaration of Independence
The Great Compromise
The Articles of Confederation
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What was the biggest difference between the Articles of Confederation & the U.S. Constitution?
balance of power between states and national government
status of slavery
civil rights for minorities
voting rights
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War between Britain and France known as the Seven Years War.
French and Indian War
Revolutionary War
Battle of Bloody Marsh
Civil War
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The term bicameral refers to.......
Separate branches of government
The Judicial branch
Two Legislative Houses
One Legislative House
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All of the following led to the American Revolution EXCEPT:
The Intolerable Acts
The Articles of Confederation
The Tea Act
The Stamp Act
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A slave who earned freedom and land by fighting bravely at the Battle of Kettle Creek
Casimir Pulaski
Elijah Clarke
Austin Dabney
William Jasper
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What did the colonists say they were upset about?
No jobs
The repeal of the Stamp Act
No Taxation
Taxation without Representation
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What is
NOT
a reason Georgia ratified the U.S. Constitution?
GA needed federal military support
It had a weak central government
GA wanted to expand westward onto Creek and Cherokee lands
Savannah would benefit from U.S. trade agreements
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What was the document signed at the end of the French and Indian War?
Articles of Confederation
Treaty of Versalles
Treaty of Paris 1783
Treaty of Paris 1763
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Which document left most of the powers to the states thus creating a weak national government?
Charter of 1732
U.S. Constitution
Declaration of Independence
Articles of Confederation
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What does the term "ratify" mean?
loan or lease
to turn something into a large mouse
formally approve
formally dissolve
36
According to this document, Congress could not tax, regulate trade, or enforce laws.
Articles of Confederation
U.S. Constitution
Declaration of Independence
GA Charter of 1732
37
Which document grants the power to declare war, sign treaties, and impose taxes to the Federal Government?
Declaration of Independence
GA Constitution
U.S. Constitution
Articles of Confederation
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What does the term Checks and Balances refer to?
check yourself so you don't wreck yourself
branches of government checking each other to balance power
3 separate branches in government
dividing power between the national and state governments
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Which GA battle gave the Patriots a boost in morale and supplies?
Kettle Creek
Siege of Savannah
Yorktown
Saratoga
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Militia leader at the Battle of Kettle Creek
Elijah Clarke
George Washington
Austin Dabney
John Dooley
