Chapter 11
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What was another name for Patriots?
Whigs
What act resulted in the argument of “taxation without representation?”
Stamp Act
What group was established in opposition to the Stamp Act?
Sons of Liberty
What natural boundary did the Proclamation of 1763 follow?
Appalachian Mountains
What was the name of the British ship which was overtaken by Joseph Habersham’s Liberty?
Phillipa
What product was taxed by the Sugar Act?
Molasses
What law taxed playing cards, newspapers, and bills of sale?
Stamp Act
What series of laws taxed goods coming into the colonies?
Townshend Acts
What acts were passed as a result of the Boston Tea Party?
Intolerable Acts
What government body did most Georgians believe was the only body that could tax them?
Commons House
Where was the first fighting of the American Revolution?
Lexington and Concord
Who was the British general who was stationed in Boston?
Thomas Gage
What group was established in Georgia to take over the powers of the governor and his council?
Council of Safety
What did Georgia do instead of sending representatives to the First Continental Congress?
They sent a petition to England to protest the Intolerable Acts.
What was the purpose of the Declaration of Independence?
To sever the political ties of the colonies to England
Where did the First Continental Congress meet?
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Where is the Olde Pink House, built by James Habersham, Jr., located?
Savannah
To what river was Georgia’s southern border extended in the Proclamation of 1763?
St. Marys River
Where did Georgia’s second provincial congress meet?
Tondee’s Tavern (Savannah)
Where did Governor Wright order the official stamps required by the Stamp Act be placed under guard?
Halifax
Who was the Ottawa chief who led a rebellion against further white settlement?
Pontiac
Who was the British agent who sold stamps in Georgia?
George Angus
Which elected speaker of the Commons House had his appointment rejected?
Noble WimberlyJones
Who was elected to represent St. John’s Parish at the Continental Congress?
Dr. Lyman Hall
Who wrote Common Sense?
Thomas Paine
What is the name for a “loose organization of states?”
confederation
What is a word which means “to take back?”
Repeal
What word means to “refuse to buy?”
Boycott
What word describes the “practice of allowing only one person or company to sell something?”
Monopoly
What word describes the “secret importation or exportation of goods?”
Smuggle
Make your wager
What Georgia representatives signed the Declaration of Independence?
Button Gwinnett Lyman Hall George Walton