Revolutionary War

Question 1

Who was the French and Indian war between?

Answer 1

Between France and Great Britain for control of the Ohio River Valley

Question 2

What global war was it part of?

Answer 2

Part of a larger global war called the Seven Years’ War

Question 3

Who won?

Answer 3

Great Britain won

Question 4

How did the French and Indian war impact Georgia?

Answer 4

Their borders extended south to the St. Mary’s River and west to the Mississippi River

Question 5

What was the Proclamation of 1763?

Answer 5

King George forbade all colonists in the Americas from moving west of the Appalachian Mountains

Question 6

Why was the Proclamation of 1763 made?

Answer 6

Because of the French and Indian War, relations with many Native American groups had been ruined

Question 7

How did the colonists react to the Proclamation of 1763?

Answer 7

This angered most of the colonists, but not Georgians because they were still a small colony with a lot of room to expand before they hit the Appalachians

Question 8

What was the Sugar Act of 1764?

Answer 8

Placed a tax on sugar and molasses

Question 9

What was the Stamp Act of 1765?

Answer 9

Placed a tax on newspapers, legal documents and licenses to raise money for French and Indian War

Question 10

What was the Stamp Act Congress?

Answer 10

Met to speak against British taxes
Wrote a “Declaration of Rights and Grievances” to King George
No one from GA attended

Question 11

Who were the Liberty Boys?

Answer 11

Met in local taverns to discuss protest

“Sons of Liberty”-larger nationwide group of protesters

Question 12

Who were the Loyalists?

Answer 12

a colonist of the American revolutionary period who supported the British cause.

Question 13

Who were the Patriots?

Answer 13

Those who supported a revolution

Question 14

Who were the Pacifists?

Answer 14

a person who believes that war and violence are unjustifiable

Question 15

Who were the red coats?

Answer 15

A British Soldier

Question 16

Who were the fence sitters?

Answer 16

a person who believes that war and violence are unjustifiable

Question 17

What was the Townsend act?

Answer 17

Import tax on tea, paint, glass, paper

Georgians became outspoken against taxes

Question 18

Why did the British began levying taxes on the colonists?

Answer 18

To get money

Question 19

What was the first item taxed by the British?

Answer 19

Sugar and molasses

Question 20

What does the phrase No Taxation Without Representation relate to?

Answer 20

Did not have a voice in government, but paid taxes
Began boycotting items such as tea, paint and newspapers
Parliament repeals Townshend Acts except for tea tax

Question 21

What was the Boston Massacre?

Answer 21

March 1770
Protesters threw snowballs at British soldiers
Five civilians killed, including Crispus Attucks, a freed slave

Question 22

What was the Boston Tea Party?

Answer 22

1773
Parliament passes Tea Act
East India Tea Company
Dec. 1773-Boston Tea Party (incl. Paul Revere and Samuel Adams)

Question 23

What were the intolerable acts?

Answer 23

Made to punish Patriots for 
     Boston Tea Party
Closed Boston Harbor
In Mass., no town meetings
British officers tried for capital crimes in Britain, not colonies
Quartering Act

Question 24

What was the Continental Congress?

Answer 24

September 1774
Every state except GA represented
Two sides : Break away or make changes and stay with GB
Agreed to boycott British trade
Committees of Safety-enforced boycott

Question 25

What was the Battle of Lexington and Concord?

Answer 25

First battles of Revolutionary War Made British the aggressor Moral victory for Patriots

Question 26

What was the Second Continental Congress?

Answer 26

May 1775 Philadelphia Petitioned King George III to stop attacking colonies Decided to create a Continental Army, led by Washington

Question 27

Who was the one Georgia supportive

Answer 27

Lyman Hall at 2nd C.C. late, unofficially Other colonies angry 1/3 of all colonists were Tories Many from Georgia

Question 28

What was Common Sense?

Answer 28

Political pamphlet by Thomas Paine Argued in favor of independence Sold 500,000 copies in one year (only 2.5 million living in colonies) 60,228,000 today

Question 29

Which three Georgians singed the Declaration of Independence?

Answer 29

Lyman Hall, George Walton, and Button Gwinnett

Question 30

What were the Components of the Declaration?

Answer 30

Preamble- stated how colonists felt about democracy Body- list of 27 grievances against King George III Conclusion- declared the colonies an independent nation

Question 31

What was the Battle of Kettle Creek?

Answer 31

First colonial victory in Georgia Led by Elijah Clarke Comparatively minor, but important to GA Importance: Colonists took needed weapons and horses from British

Question 32

What was the Siege of Savannah?

Answer 32

Siege: when forces try to capture a fort or town by surrounding and cutting off supplies Attack lasted 45 minutes, and cost 1,000 Patriot and 40 British lives British controlled Savannah for rest of war

Question 33

What were the weaknesses of Georgia's new constitution?

Answer 33

Unicameral (one-house) legislature One-year term for governors Governors selected by legislature, not people Judges selected by legislature, not people

Question 34

What were the strengths of Georgia's new constitution?

Answer 34

Limited power of governors, who were too powerful in old system Parishes eliminated; made counties

Question 35

Who was Nancy Hart?

Answer 35

Many legends are told about Nancy Hart After they murdered her neighbor, she killed a British soldier and held four more at gunpoint until help arrived She may have worked as a Patriot spy and possibly fought in the Battle of Kettle Creek Hart County is the only county in Georgia named after a woman

Question 36

Who was Elijah Clarke?

Answer 36

A poor, illiterate North Carolina farmer who supported the king as late as 1774 Fought against Creek and Cherokee tribes that supported the British Led a rebel militia (citizen army) against a force of 800 British at Kettle Creek Was able to acquire badly needed supplies after defeating British Survived several battle wounds, mumps and smallpox during the Revolution Part of the Yazoo Land Fraud and continued fighting Creek tribes after the war Tried to create his own independent republic, the Trans-Oconee Republic Died poor, disgraced and bitter with politics

Question 37

Who was Austin Dabney?

Answer 37

Born a slave and owned by a man named Richard Aycock Fought in place of Aycock in the Revolution Only African-American to fight in the Battle of Kettle Creek, and the only African American to be given land (and his freedom) in Georgia after the war Severely wounded in battle, his life was saved by a man named Giles Harris. In an odd twist, he would end up paying for Harris’ son to attend Franklin College (now UGA) all the way through law school.

Question 38

Who were the Georgia signers of the constitution?

Answer 38

WILLIAM FEW AND ABRAHAM BALDWIN