Unit Four Review

Question 1

A system that provided white males over the age of 21 with land based on the number of family members and slaves.

Accepted Answer

Headright System

Question 2

A system that held events for a chance for white males, widows, and orphans to win land in Georgia.

Accepted Answer

Land Lottery

Question 3

Which of the following is NOT true about the Proclamation of 1763?

Accepted Answer

Prevented colonist from returning to Great Britian

Question 4

What consequence of the French and Indian War led to taxes being put on the colonist?

Accepted Answer

War Debt

Question 5

The development of railroads did all of the following EXCEPT?

Accepted Answer

slowed progression of the westward expansion

Question 6

Who won the American Revolution?

Accepted Answer

Patriots

Question 7

Who was Chief Justice of the Supreme Court during Worcester v. Georgia?

Accepted Answer

John Marshall

Question 8

How did cotton gin impact Georgia's economy?

Accepted Answer

caused cotton to become the main cash crop and increased slavery

Question 9

Savannah, Augusta, Louisville, Milledgeville and Atlanta were all

Accepted Answer

capitals of Georgia

Question 10

Who remained loyal to King George III during the American Revolution?

Accepted Answer

Loyalist

Question 11

What was the purpose of the Declaration of Independence?

Accepted Answer

To dissolve political connections with Great Britain.

Question 12

Who was the Chief of the Cherokee that protested for the rights of his tribe's land in Northwest Georgia?

Accepted Answer

John Ross

Question 13

What was Andrew Jackson's response in Worcester v. Georgia?

Accepted Answer

he refused to enforce the Supreme Courts ruling

Question 14

Who gave up the remaining Creek lands in Georgia, which caused him to be assassinated by his own people

Accepted Answer

William McIntosh

Question 15

What was the first state-supported university in Georgia?

Accepted Answer

University of Georgia

Question 16

Savannah is the current capital of Geogia

Accepted Answer

False

Question 17

What was significant about the Patriot victory at the Battle of Kettle Creek?

Accepted Answer

Boosted Morale & Replenished War Supplies

Question 18

Who were against King George III during the American Revolution?

Accepted Answer

Patriot

Question 19

What caused the Cherokee Indians to be removed from Georgia?

Accepted Answer

the discovery of gold on their land

Question 20

Why did the Stamp Act upset the colonist?

Accepted Answer

They were being taxed without representation in British Parliament.

Question 21

What was a scandalous land deal that caused Georgia to lose it's Western territory?

Accepted Answer

Yazoo Land Fraud

Question 22

What was the name of the tragic journey that forced all remaining Indians in the Southeast to Oklahoma?

Accepted Answer

Trail of Tears

Question 23

What items did the Stamp Act tax?

Accepted Answer

Newspapers and Legal Documents

Question 24

The Articles of Confederation were weak because

Accepted Answer

the federal government did not have hardly any power over the states.

Question 25

Why did the capital of Georgia keep moving?

Accepted Answer

because of the population shifting West

Question 26

What was the importance of the Siege of Savannah?

Accepted Answer

The British maintained control of Savannah.

Question 27

Who was the primary writer of the Declaration of Independence?

Accepted Answer

Thomas Jefferson

Question 28

At the start of the war, Georgia had more _____________ support.

Accepted Answer

Loyalist

Question 29

Who was not a signer of the Declaration of Independence from Georgia?

Accepted Answer

James Wright

Unit Four Review

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Unit Four Review

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