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| What country became England's strongest rival in the mid 18th century? | France |
| What was the territory that the British and French disputed ownership? | Ohio River Valley |
| What war resulted from this dispute? | French & Indian War |
| Who won the war? | England |
| What was the treaty ending the war? | Treaty of Paris 1763 |
| What did King George III issue that forbade colonists from moving west of the Appalachian Mountains? | Proclamation of 1763 |
| Why did the British tax goods in the colonies after 1763? | to pay for the French and Indian War debt |
| What was the main long term cause of the American Revolution? | British taxes on the colonists |
| What did Georgia gain from the French & Indian War? | Extended borders to Mississippi River and safe southern border from the Spanish |
| Why did the Colonists object to the Stamp Act? | They did not have representation in Parliament. |
| Who were the Liberty Boys? | a group formed in GA opposing the new tax policies of the British |
| Why were the acts following the Boston Tea Party called the Intolerable Acts? | Colonists thought that the laws were too harsh and took away basic citizen rigthts in order to punish Massachusetts. |
| Who was the primary author of the Declaration of Independence? | Thomas Jefferson |
| What are the three parts of the Declaration of Independence? | Preamble, List of 27 Grievances, Declaratoin of Separation from England |
| Who were the Georgia signers of the Declaration of Independence? | Button Gwinnett, LymanHall, George Walton |
| What were the colonists that supported Great Britain called? | Loyalist or Torries |
| What was the immediate cause of the Revolutionary War? | Lexington & Concord |
| What battle in Georgia was a Patriot victory, provided a boost to morale, and gained needed supplies? | Battle of Kettle Creek |
| Who was the leader of the Georgia militia that specialized in guerilla warfare? | Elijah Clarke |
| Who was the Georgian who shot a Loyalist and captured four more who were later hanged? | Nancy Hart |
| Who was the African-American from Georgia who was a hero of the Revolutionary War? | Austin Dabney |
| What is the freedom to live as you please provided you obey the laws and respect the rights of others? | liberty |
| Which event began with a snowball fight and ended with five deaths? | Boston Massacre |
| What was the first skirmish of the American Revolution? | Lexington and Concord |
| Who was the commander of the Continental Army? | George Washington |
| What Patriot victory secured France as an ally and was the turning point of the war in the North? | Saratoga |
| What convinced the British to negotiate with the Americans to end the war? | American victory at Yorktown |
| What happened to Button Gwinnett? | He died three days after being shot in a duel |
| What did the Treaty of Paris of 1783 do? | British agreed to recognize the U.S. as a free and independent nation. |
