Unit 4 Review

The American

Revolution

Question 20• Colonists who disagreed with

England’s tax policies, and wanted to fight for independence.

• Patriots–Whigs, Sons/Daughters of Liberty, Liberty Boys

Question 4•Law that placed taxes sugar and molasses.

•Sugar Act

Question 27• How were governors selected under the first state Constitution?

• By the Legislature

Question 1• Conflict between France and

Great Britain where both sides allied with several Native American Tribes.

• The French & Indian War

Question 15• Three unalienable rights listed in the Preamble of the Declaration of Independence.

• LIFE, LIBERTY & THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS

Question 6• Law that placed taxes on paper, paint, lead, glass, and tea.

• Townshend Act

Question 9• This protest resulted in the destruction of over $3 million of British goods.

• The Boston Tea Party

Question 2• This law forbade English

colonists from moving west of the Appalachian Mountains.

• Proclamation of 1763

Question 13• The primary author of the Declaration of Independence.

• Thomas Jefferson

Question 18•A unit of citizen soldiers.

•Militia

Question 22• American Revolution battle in

GA; first colonial victory for Georgia as the militia were able to defeat and gain supplies from the British.

• Battle of Kettle Creek

Question 17• African American soldier wounded in the Battle of Kettle Creek; responsible for saving Elijah Clarke.

• Austin Dabney

Question 8• Who created the engraving of the Boston Massacre as a form of propaganda against the British?

• Paul Revere

Question 23• American Revolution battle in

GA; loss for Georgia as the militia and continental army failed to retake GA’s capital city from British control.

• Siege of Savannah

Question 10• The name for the set of four laws created to punish the Massachusetts colony for the Boston Tea Party.

• The Intolerable Acts

Question 5• Law that placed taxes on all paper goods, playing cards and dice.

• Stamp Act

Question 24• The name for the national government during the Revolution.

• Continental Congress

Question 12• Document that stated the colonies were free of British control.

• The Declaration of Independence

Question 28• What was the first constitution of the United States called?

• The Articles of Confederation

Question 3• The method by which Great Britain planned to pay off its debt from the war with France.

• TAXES

Question 19• Led Georgia’s militia to victory over 800 British soldiers.

• Colonel Elijah Clarke

Question 14• Georgia’s 3 signers of the Declaration of Independence.

• Button Gwinnett, Lyman Hall & George Walton

Question 29• Which two branches of

government were not created through the first constitution of the United States?

• Executive & Judicial

Question 7• This event began as a snowball fight and resulted in the death of 5 colonists.

• The Boston Massacre

Question 25• The commander of the Colonial Army during the Revolution.

• George Washington

Question 16• Female Georgia patriot who

captured and killed a group of Tories (Georgians loyal to Britain) during the Revolution.

• Nancy Hart

Question 21• Colonists who favored remaining under British control.

• Loyalists–Tories, Kings’ Friends, Lobsterbacks

Question 26• In what year did Georgia adopt its first state Constitution?

• 1777

Question 30• Why were government leaders hesitant

to change the Articles of Confederation?

A. They were afraid people would panicB. They did not have the support to

make changesC. They believed it was too soon to make

changesD. They were afraid foreign countries

would view changes as a weakness

Question 11• Which law required colonists to provide food & shelter to British soldiers (part of the Intolerable Acts).

• The Quartering Act

Short Answer Question Topics

• Boston Massacre

• Declaration of Independence

• Articles of Confederation

• Constitutional Convention