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| escribes how the French and Indian War led to America’s Revolutionary War? | Great Britain was heavily in debt after the war and tried to recover monies by taxing colonies based on the idea that the war had been necessary to protect the colonies from the French. |
| The primary author of the United States’s Declaration of Independence was | Thomas Jefferson. |
| The first constitution of the United States of America was called the | Articles of Confederation. |
| Which countries’ representatives signed the Treaty of Paris to end the Revolutionary War? | Great Britain, France, and the United States |
| The final decisive battle in the Revolutionary War was the battle of | Yorktown. |
| xplain why almost one-third of the colonists favored remaining a part of Great Britain as the American Revolution approached? | Many colonists were afraid that without the protection of Great Britian, Georgia could struggle economically |
| Many colonists believed that Great Britain had settled the colonies, financed them in the beginning, and, as a result, had the right to continue to rule them. | xplain why almost one-third of the colonists favored remaining a part of Great Britain as the American Revolution approached? |
| Many colonists still had family in Great Britain and feared that war would endanger their families there. | xplain why almost one-third of the colonists favored remaining a part of Great Britain as the American Revolution approached? |
| The Georgians who signed the Declaration of Independence were | George Walton, Button Gwinnett, and Lyman Hall. |
| Which Georgia county is the only county named in honor of a woman? | Hart County |
| Which document ended the Revolutionary War? | The Treaty of Paris 1783 |
| The two most important Revolutionary War battles in Georgia were: | Siege of Savannah; Battle of Kettle Creek |
| The following was an advantage in the colonists’ victories in the Revolutionary War, | Knowlegdge of land features, Foreign Aid, Spirti & determination |
| Which political group favored reamining under British rule | Tories |
| This Revolutionary political leader challenenged General McIntosh to a dual, and died from his injuries three days later. | Button Gwinnett |
| The Georgia General Assembly gave him his freedom to prevent his former master from claiming him and taking advantage of his fame | Daney |
| This signer of the Declaration of Independence was also a medical doctor | Lyman Hall |
| He was the leader of Georgia’s milita during the Battle of Kettle Creek | Elijah Clarke |
| This Royal Governor returned to Georgia to take control of it once Brtish Military Rule was established in Savannah, Sunbury and Augusta | James Wright |
| Georgia’s first military victory occured in Febuary 1779, when Elijah Clarke defeated a force of more than 800 British Troops in this Battle | Battle of Kettle Creek |
| Due to the victory of Kettle Creek, Georgia’s militia was able to take the following badly needed supplies and other things from the British | weapons, horses and increase moral |
| Nancy Hart is famous for her role in the American Revolution because she did all of the followingCapturing Tories who attacked her home | Capturing Tories who attacked her home, Killing Tories as they attacked her home, Capturing Tories who attacked her home c. Acting as a spy for the Patriots during the battle of Kettle Creek |
| describes the Siege of Savannah? | The second bloodiest battle of the American Revolutoin, The French & Colonists worked togehter to fight the British, but lost, Count Casimir Pulaski was killed during the battle |
| This part of the Declaration of Independence started with, “ | Preamble |
| A two-chamber legislature is known as a(n) ____________________ legislature. | Bicameral |
| Colonists who remained loyal to Great Britain during the period of discontent before the Revolution were known as Loyalists or ____________________. | Tories |
| Georgians who opposed the Stamp Act organized in Savannah and called themselves the ____________________. | Liberty Boys |
| The three parts of the Declaration of Independence are the introductory section called the ____________________, the listing of grievances against King George, and the declaration of the colonies’ status as independent nations. | Preamble |
| Great Britain took control of Georgia during the early days of the Revolution by capturing three vital cities -- the ports of Sunbury, Augusta, and ____________________. | Savannah |
| The Revolution began with the Battles of Lexington and Concord and ended with the Battle of ____________________. | Yorktown |
| Georgia’s signers of the Declaration of Independence were ____________________, ____________________, and ____________________. | Lyman Hall, George Walton, Button Gwinnett |
| The commander of the Continental Army during the American Revolution. | George Washington |
