1. The American Revolution
Unit 4 Review
The American Revolution

2. Question 20
Colonists who disagreed with England’s tax policies, and wanted to fight for independence.
Patriots
Whigs, Sons/Daughters of Liberty, Liberty Boys

3. Question 4
Law that placed taxes sugar and molasses.
Sugar Act

4. Question 27
How were governors selected under the first state Constitution?
By the Legislature

5. Question 1
Conflict between France and Great Britain where both sides allied with several Native American Tribes.
The French & Indian War

6. Question 15
Three unalienable rights listed in the Preamble of the Declaration of Independence.
LIFE, LIBERTY & THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS

7. Question 6
Law that placed taxes on paper, paint, lead, glass, and tea.
Townshend Act

8. Question 9
This protest resulted in the destruction of over $3 million of British goods.
The Boston Tea Party

9. Question 2
This law forbade English colonists from moving west of the Appalachian Mountains.
Proclamation of 1763

10. Question 13 The primary author of the Declaration of Independence.
Thomas Jefferson

11. Question 18
A unit of citizen soldiers.
Militia

12. 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

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

14. Question 8
Who created the engraving of the Boston Massacre as a form of propaganda against the British?
Paul Revere

15. 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

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

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

18. Question 24
The name for the national government during the Revolution.
Continental Congress

19. Question 12
Document that stated the colonies were free of British control.
The Declaration of Independence

20. Question 28
What was the first constitution of the United States called?
The Articles of Confederation

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

22. Question 19
Led Georgia’s militia to victory over 800 British soldiers.
Colonel Elijah Clarke

23. Question 14 Georgia’s 3 signers of the Declaration of Independence.
Button Gwinnett, Lyman Hall & George Walton

24. Question 29
Which two branches of government were not created through the first constitution of the United States?
Executive & Judicial

25. Question 7
This event began as a snowball fight and resulted in the death of 5 colonists.
The Boston Massacre

26. Question 25 The commander of the Colonial Army during the Revolution.
George Washington

27. Question 16
Female Georgia patriot who captured and killed a group of Tories (Georgians loyal to Britain) during the Revolution.
Nancy Hart

28. Question 21 Colonists who favored remaining under British control.
Loyalists
Tories, Kings’ Friends, Lobsterbacks

29. Question 26
In what year did Georgia adopt its first state Constitution?
1777

30. Question 30
Why were government leaders hesitant to change the Articles of Confederation?
They were afraid people would panic
They did not have the support to make changes
They believed it was too soon to make changes
They were afraid foreign countries would view changes as a weakness

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

32. Short Answer Question Topics
Boston Massacre
Declaration of Independence
Articles of Confederation
Constitutional Convention