Concept 4: American Revolution Quiz

1. How did the French and Indian War play a role in causing the American Revolution?

• The French and Indian War had no effect on the American Revolution.
• It led to disputes and conflict between the American colonists and the British crown over the war's expense and British policies.
• The British government adopted a variety of policies to punish the American colonies for siding with the French and the Indians during the conflict.
• The fighting between the French settlers and the Indians created an opportunity for the American colonists to seize French settlements on the frontier.

2. Colonists officially sever ties from Great Britain, final part of Declaration of Independence

• Grievances
• Declaration
• Preamble
• Amendments

3. A failed attempt by the French and Americans to recapture Georgia's capital during the Revolution.

• Siege of Savannah
• Battle of Kettle Creek
• Battle of New Orleans
• Battle of Chickamauga

7. The compromise made between the large and small states during the Constitutional Convention; allowed for a two house legislative branches with the number of senators for each state being equal (2 per state) and the number of members of the House of Representatives being based on the state's population.

• Separation of Powers
• Great Compromise
• Headright System
• Three-fifths Compromise

12. The meeting that took place in Philadelphia from May to September 1787; original intent was to revise the Articles of Confederation, but the entire document was soon scrapped and a new document was written

• Constitutional Convention of 1787
• Great Compromise
• Three-fifths Compromise
• Constitutional Revisionist Meeting

13. List of details why the colonist deemed independence necessary, 2nd part of Declaration of Independence

• Grievances
• Declaration
• Preamble
• Conclusion

14. Which battle during the American Revolution was a significant victory for the Patriot militia in Georgia, helping to boost morale and disrupt British control in the southern colonies?

• Battle of Saratoga
• Battle of Yorktown
• Battle of Kettle Creek
• Siege of Savannah

15. Colonists who wanted to become independent from Great Britain.

• Patriot
• Loyalist
• Tories
• Kingsmen

16. 1754-1763; part of a larger war known as the "Seven Years War", Great Britain vs. France over the control of land; British taxed the colonist to pay off the debt from the war

• Civil War
• American Revolution
• War of 1812
• French & Indian War

17. After the French & Indian War, this stabilized relations between British and Indians, forbid colonist to move west of the Appalachian Mountains, redefined GA's borders

• Compromise of 1850
• Proclamation of 1763
• Missouri Compromise
• Kansas-Nebraska Act