Stamp Act The first British act that placed taxes on all paper goods and products Proclamation of 1763



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Unit 4 Study Guide


  1. Causes of the American Revolution

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


2. Stamp Act The first British act that placed taxes on all paper goods and products
3. Proclamation of 1763 Document, created by King George III, that awarded all land west of the Appalachian Mountains to Native Americans. No colonist allowed!
4. Intolerable Acts Set of laws created to punish the Massachusetts colony for the Boston Tea Party
5. Declaration of Independence Document that stated the colonies were free of British control
6. Button Gwinnett Three Georgia signers of the Declaration of Independence

Lyman Hall

George Walton

7. Mercantilism Economic Reason for the colonist to rebel against Great Britain

8. Treaty of Paris 1763 Ended the French and Indian War

9. Mississippi River Proclamation of 1763 moved Georgia’s western boundary to __.

10. Officials tried in England Three laws of the Intolerable Acts

No town meetings without approval

Port of Boston closed until tea paid for

11. Thomas Jefferson Main author of the Declaration of Independence


12. Sale of Georgia timber How did the passage of the Sugar Act affect Georgia?
13. Taxes to pay war debt How did the French and Indian War lead to the American Revolution?
14. Proclamation of 1763 prohibited the colonist from moving west of the Appalachian Mts.


  1. The American Revolution

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


16. Austin Dabney African American soldier wounded in the Battle of Kettle Creek; responsible for saving Elijah Clarke’s life
17. Elijah Clarke Led Georgia’s militia to victory over 800 British soldiers
18. Patriots/Whigs Colonists who favored the colonies gaining independence from the British
19. Loyalists/Tories Colonists who favored remaining under British control
20. Battle of Kettle Creek American Revolution battle in GA; victory for Georgia as the militia were able to defeat and gain supplies from the British
21. Siege of Savannah American Revolution battle in GA; loss for Georgia as the militia and continental army failed to retake GA’s capital city from British control
22. Remained in British hands Most significant result of the Battle(siege) of Savannah.
23. Financially dependent Reason most Georgians reluctant to join the Revolution against British
24. Hart Only County in Georgia named after a woman
25. Georgia Patriots v Loyalist Most fighting in Georgia during the Revolution was between __.
26. Gained much needed supplies Importance of the Battle of Kettle Creek



  1. Governing Documents

27. Constitution of 1777 Georgia’s first constitution; document adopted in Savannah that created Georgia’s first unicameral government


28. Articles of Confederation First United States (federal) constitution; created a weak central government and was eventually replaced by our current constitution

William Few
29. Abraham Baldwin Two representatives from GA that helped to write the new constitution at the Constitutional Convention of 1787
30. Couldn’t impose taxes Three weaknesses to the Articles of Confederation

Couldn’t regulate trade

Couldn’t enforce laws

31. Revise the Articles of Confed Purpose of the Constitutional Convention of 1787


32. Approved quickly How did Georgia respond to the ratification of the Constitution?
33. States had the most power Strength of the Articles of Confederation
34. Legislative Branch to powerful Main weakness of the Georgia Constitution of 1777.
35. able to impose taxes The weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation lead to the following changes.
Regulate trade
Create a national military
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