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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is another name for the French and Indian War? | 7 year war |
| How did the French and Indian War contribute to the beginning the American Revolution? | Britain needs money so they tax colonies |
| Why did the English believe that the colonist should help pay for the French and Indian War? | The coloneys gained land and secutitic from the war |
| What act prohibited (did not allow) colonist from settling west of the Appalachian Mountains? | Proclamation of 1763 |
| What act required colonist to purchase stamps (or seals) that must be placed on all official documents in order for the m to be legal? | stamp act |
| which British act taxed tea, paper,lead glass and paint? | town send act |
| What did the Massachusetts Government act do? it part of the intolerable acts | they cant move west |
| what did the impartial administration of justice act do? Hint it is part of the intolerable acts | allowed the trails of british officeal to be moved to |
| what did the Boston port act do? hint is part of the intolerable acts | closes Boston harbors until the tea form the tea party is pared |
| what did the quartering act do? hint is is part of the intolerable act | forese the colonist to provide brish solders with housing |
| why were Georgians reluctant to join in the revolutionary movement? | they needed brithsh prtection from the native americans |
| how did colonist protest the British act ? | boycott |
| how did the colonist repond to the intolerable acts | hold the first contentiatal congress |
| what did the representatives at the first continental congress decide | boycot all the britsh goods and prepare for the war |
| which colony did not attend the first continental congress | Georgia |
| what battle marks the beginning of the american revolution | battel of cettel creek |
| why did general Gage send troops to Lexington and concord | the arest john hancock and samual adams |
| what action were taken at the second meeting of the continental congress | create the Continental army naming Washington commander |
| why did Georgia decide to attend the second Continental congress | the other colones threatened the boycott them |
| which battle gave the colonist hope despite losing the battle | lexinton and concert |
| which battle mark's the end of royal government in Georgia | balttle of rice boats |
| in which battle do Georgia patriots burn boats containing rice before the British have the opportunity to seize them? | battle of rice boats |
| which battle was the turing point of the war | battle of trinton |
| why did the colonists report to guerrilla warfare | didn't have enough people |
| name the three Georgia signers of the declaration of independents | button gwinnet lyman hall george walton |
| which Georgia signer of he declaration of independence was also chairman of he committee that wrote the Georgia constitutions of 1777 | button gwinnet |
| whcih georgia signer of hte declation of independens and was also a revolutionary was hero and dad 30 year political career in witch he held several political offices | george walton |
| which Georgia singer of the declaration of independence helped to rebuild Georgia economy and smooth tension between the loyalist and the patriots after the revolutionary war | luman hall |
| what is the second bloodiest battle in the revolutionary war and count Pulaski dies | siege of savanna |
| which patriot officers drove the British out of augusta and Savannah and led patriots troops in the battle of kettle creek | colonel elijah clark |
| in which battle do patriots defeat loyalist preventing them from joining the British in Augusta and gaining control of Georgia interior lands | battle of kettle creek |
| what is the last major BATTLE OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION | battle of yorktown |
| why was Savannah captured by the British | its mayjor ocean port |
| what event marks the end of the american revolution for most Georgians | British leave Savannah and Augusta |
| which heroic Georgian was a former slave who earned his freedom by serving in the battle of kettle creek | austin dabney |
| which heroic Georgian acted as a spy and is credited with holding British solders captive in her home and hanging them later? | Nancy Hart |
| in which battle is general Washington able to surrender general Cornwallis with help french forcing general Cornwallis surrender | battle of yorktown |