SS8H3 The student will analyze the role of Georgia in the American Revolution.
a. Explain the immediate and long-term causes of the American Revolution and their impact on Georgia; include the French and Indian War (i.e., Seven Years War), Proclamation of 1763, Stamp Act, Intolerable Acts, and the Declaration of Independence.
b. Analyze the significance of people and events in Georgia on the Revolutionary War; include Loyalists, patriots, Elijah Clarke, Austin Dabney, Nancy Hart, Button Gwinnett, Lyman Hall, George Walton, Battle of Kettle Creek, and siege of Savannah.
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| 1259410714 | Which group supported the British government, Tories (loyalists) or Patriots? | Tories (Loyalists) | 1 | |
| 1259410715 | The Declaration of Independence was written to justify America's separation from great Britain by showing that King George had: | violated the rights of Americans | 2 | |
| 1259410716 | Which cause of the American Revolution is missing from this list: French and Indian War, Stamp Act, Sugar Act, Intolerable Acts, Townshend Acts, Declaration of Independence. | Proclamation of 1763 | 3 | |
| 1259410717 | The Acts that placed a tax on paper, paint, glass, lead and the were called the: | Townshend Acts | 4 | |
| 1259410718 | What action by the colonists led to the Intolerable Acts? | The Boston Tea Party | 5 | |
| 1259410719 | One way to protest a tax was to refuse to buy the item that was taxed. This is called a______. | boycott | 6 | |
| 1259410720 | Georgia declared statehood in 1776 primarily to_________for Georgians. | provide law and order (security) | 7 | |
| 1259410721 | Rights that cannot be taken away by the government are referred to as _________by the Declaration of Independence. | Unalienable | 8 | |
| 1259410722 | Which of the following was a cause and which was the effect: Boston Tea Party and Tea Act? | Cause: Tea Act Effect: Boston Tea Party | 9 | |
| 1259410723 | A group known as the __________worked to protect Americans from unfair treatment by the British. | Sons of Liberty | 10 | |
| 1259410724 | Crispus Attucks was killed in the _________, when British soldiers fired on unarmed civilians in Boston. | Boston Massacre | 11 | |
| 1259410725 | Checks and Balances are set up in both the Georgia Constitution and the U.S. Constitution to keep any one ________from becoming too powerful. | Branch of Government | 12 | |
| 1259410726 | The French and Indian War was fought between the French and the __________. | British | 13 | |
| 1259410727 | Each branch of government can limit the power of the other branches through a system of checks and _______________ | Balances | 14 | |
| 1259410728 | The Founding Fathers put in a system of "Checks and Balances" to make sure that no ________of government became too powerful. | branch | 15 | |
| 1259410729 | Freedom of _________in the first Amendment to the Constitution guarantees that someone can express their opinions. | Speech | 16 | |
| 1259410730 | The ___________was introduced at the Constitutional Convention in 1787 to give equal representation to both large and small states. | Great Compromise | 17 | |
| 1259410731 | The Georgia Constitution of 1777 created a ________executive branch because of their negative experience with powerful Royal Governors. | Weak | 18 | |
| 1259410732 | As part of the Yazoo Land Fraud, the government agreed to remove the _________ Indians to a land farther west. | Creek | 19 | |
| 1259410733 | Many Cherokee Indians died on the "Trail of Tears" as a result of exposure to __________weather and disease. | cold | 20 |
