Georgia’s Role in the American Revolution ~ SS8H3a

Name______Date______Class ____

1) / What event was the result of disputes between France and Great Britain that had
been going on for almost 65 years? ______
2) / What were the causes? Why?
a)
b)
3) / What were two advantages Great Britain had over France?
a)
b)
4) / What were four advantages France had over Great Britain?
a)
b)
c)
d)
5) / The tension between France and Great Britain increased because both ______
______.
6) / In 1753, Virginia’s governor sent a young George Washington to ______
______
______.
7) / The second time that Washington approached the French he led 150 troops to
what fort? ______
8) / What did Washington and his men set up there and what was its name? ______
______
9) / What was the result of this encounter between the British and the French?
______
______
10) / What was the war called in Europe? ______
11) / Who was put in charge of the war effort and what was one of his accomplishments?? ______
______
12) / What was the result when Washington again led troops to FortDuquesne [doo-kane]?
______
13) / What formally ended the war? ______
14) / How did this help Georgia? ______
______
15) / Results of the French & Indian war:
a)British gained control of ______
b)Ohio RiverValley & all lands east of the Mississippi River [Western Frontier]
was ______
______.
c)Great Britain obtained ______.
d)France gave the ______to Spain.
e)After 150 years of colonization, France lost all ______
______.
f) The French and Indian War led to the ______.
16) / King George III issued the ______
which forbade the colonists to ______.
17) / How did this document change Georgia’s boundaries? ______
______
18) / In what two ways did this document affect the Indians?
a)______
b) ______
19)
20) / How did the new boundaries affect Georgia’s growth? ______
______
What were two positive attributes of this new land?
a)______
b)______
21) / What did the British Parliament do in 1765 in order to pay for their war debt?
______
______
22) / How did the colonists react? ______
23) / What did the Georgia colonists do? ______
______
24) / Georgians formed the ______which were
a part of a larger group, ______.
25) / Georgia was the only colony that ever ______.
26) / How did Great Britain punish the colonies for the Boston Tea Party?
______
a)______of Boston until the citizens of Massachusetts paid for the tea.
b)colonists couldn’t have a ______without the agreement of the governor
c)any British official who committed capital crimes would be tried in ______rather than in the colonies.
d)the ______required that the citizens
of all colonies house and feed British soldiers at their own expense
27) / All the colonies except Georgia gathered in ______
to ______.
28) / What happened on September 5, 1774? ______
______
29) / The delegates agreed to
a)______
______
30) / Because the colony still depended on Great Britain, the assembly chose not to
______.
31) / What did Georgia do instead to protest? (a)______
______
b) ______
32) / Less than one-half of Georgia’s parishes were represented at the ______
______held in January 1775.
33) / In January 1776, Thomas Paine’s pamphlet, ______,
appeared.
34) / Paine urged ______
______.
35) / John Adams said “Without the pen of Paine, the sword of [George] Washington
would have been wielded in vain.” What did he mean? ______
______
36) / What happened on July 4, 1776? ______
______
37) / The Declaration is divided into what three parts?
a) the ______which was an ______
b) the ______which listed______
______
c)the______which declared the colonies to______
______
38) / What did the Declaration mean? ______
______
39) / What was the reaction in Georgia to the Declaration of Independence?
a)______
b)______

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