Georgia History Unit 4

served in the Georgia Militia under William Clark as an artilleryman at the Battle of Kettle Creek. He was wounded and granted 162 acres of land and a federal military pension for his service.

AUSTIN DABNEY

Many Georgians were angered by the Proclamation of 1763 because

GOERGIANS WANTED TO SETTLE LAND GAINED IN THE FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR, BUT THE PROCLAMATION OUTLAWED SETTLEMENT WEST OF THE APPALACHIAN MOUNTAINS.

Lyman Hall, George Walton, and Button Gwinnett are BEST known as

GEORGIA'S SIGNERS OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE.

The outcome of the Battle of Kettle Creek was that

THE COLONISTS WERE VICTORIOUS AND PATRIOT MORALE IMPROVED.

Many people in the Georgia Colony were slow to support the Revolution at first because

THE COLONY'S ECONOMY DEPENDED ON TRADE WITH GREAT BRITAIN.

In Georgia, the sympathies of Loyalists and Patriots divided over the opinion of

THE STAMP ACT OF 1765.

In 1779, the coastal city of Savannah was attacked in an attempt to regain the city. The city of Savannah was attacked because

CONTROLLING THE MAJOR PORT CITY WOULD PREVENT GREAT BRITAIN FROM RECEIVING SUPPLIES IT NEEDED FOR ITS MILITARY.

what is a correct statement about the Siege of Savannah and its outcome.

THE SIEGE WAS A FAILED ATTEMPT BY THE AMERICAN FORCES TO RETAKE SAVANNAH FROM THE BRITISH

Loyalist support in Georgia concentrated around the colony's coast, especially around Savannah, because

COLONISTS IN THE AREA HAD GROWN WEALTHY DUE TO THEIR TRADE RELATIONSHIP WITH GREAT BRITAIN.

Georgians' unwavering stance on ____________________ resulted in the state playing an important role at the Constitutional Convention.

THE INSTITUTION OF SLAVERY

Georgia's decision to ratify the US Constitution was largely based on

THE NEED FOR A STRONG CENTRAL GOVERNMENT.

It was important for Georgia for the US Constitution to create a strong central government because

IT WOULD PROVIDE PROTECTION AGAINST A GROWING AMERICAN INDIAN THREAT.

The French and Indian War changed the borders of the Georgia Colony because

GEORGIA'S WESTERN BORDER WAS MOVED TO THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER AFTER THE WAR.

The Grievance in the Declaration of Independence that talks about "abuses," "usurpations," and "Despotism" expresses the colonists' belief that

THE KING HAS FAILED TO RESPECT THE RIGHTS OF THE COLONISTS.

_____________ was a woman who disguised herself as a man, fought in the Revolutionary War, and shot two redcoats and hanged four more when they killed her favorite turkey and forced her to cook it for them.

NANCY HART

An important strength of the Articles of Confederation is BEST stated as

IT PROVIDED FOR STRONG STATE GOVERNMENTS.

The fact that during the time America was under the Articles of Confederation states imposed tariffs on goods from other states, each state could issue its own paper money, and Congress lacked strong and necessary leadership meant that

THE ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION WERE REPLACED BY THE CONSTITUTION.

The Articles of Confederation created a weak central government for the United States

BECAUSE OF THE COLONISTS' EXPERIENCES LIVING UNDER A MONARCHY.

The purpose of the preamble to the Declaration of Independence was

TO ESTABLISH THE RIGHT OF THE PEOPLE TO OVERTHROW A GOVERNMENT THAT TAKES AWAY THEIR NATURAL RIGHTS.

To reduce the financial burden facing Great Britain in the mid-eighteenth century, the British government began to tax its colonies directly, beginning with the Stamp Act in 1765. This act affected the colonists and the colonists reacted violently to it b

ITEMS THE COLONISTS USED ON A REGULAR BASIS WERE TAXED, EVEN THOUGH THE INTERESTS OF THE COLONISTS WERE NOT REPRESENTED IN THE BRITISH PARLIAMENT.