Georgia in the American Revolution

What act placed a tax on all printed materials in the colonies? Examples include: licenses, documents, and newspapers.

• Sugar Act

• Townshend Acts

• Intolerable Acts

• Stamp Act

This was a statement issued by King George that Prohibited the colonists from moving West of the Appalachian Mountains.

• The Townshend Acts

• The Proclamation of 1763

• The Intolerable Acts

• The Statement of George

The Articles of confederation suffered from having a very ___________ central government.

This group of colonists formed in Georgia to protest the Stamp Act

• Ku Klux Klan

• Protest Posse

• Liberty Boys

• Freedom Fighters

This phrase was used by the colonists to protest the taxes being placed on them by King George and the British Parliament.

• No Taxation Without Representation

• Give us Liberty of Give us Death

• No Taxing Without Voting

• We the People Deserve Fair Rights

True or False:

Georgia was the only state to NOT send a representative to the First Continental Congress meeting

• True

• False

This war was over land in the Ohio River Valley

• Battle of Creek

• American Revolution

• French and Indian War

• Siege of Savannah

Governor James Wright of Georgia did not believe in rebellion against the king. He was a King George sympathizer. Which term best fits Governor Wright?

• Oppressor

• Patriot

• Loyalist

• Antagonist

Who fought in the French and Indian War?

• Great Britain vs France and the American Indians (Native Americans)

• France vs American Indians (Native Americans)

• Great Britain vs Spain

• Spain vs France and the American Indians

Why did Great Britain impose taxes on the the colonists after the French and Indian War?

• because they wanted to make a profit

• because they were tired of funding the colonists

• Because they were in debt after the war

• Because they were greedy for more money